"Thom Stewart" wrote in message
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Gilly,

I'm not very comfortable with you using Art Linkletters dead daughter
name in your replies; to me. Please don't!

As far as my replies to Crazy Neal, you had better Goggle a bit and see
just how long we have been at each other. I would say its 10 years. Long
before you arrived.

You are hurting ASA just as badly as Neal, with imaginary beings. You
are one of the worst offenders in the group with "Make Believe" So, Bug
Off! Let the dead rest in Peace!



He doesn't care. The whole Neal/Ellen/Gilly/Sockpuppet/flonker stuff is a
microcosm of the kind of people out in the world who would rather tear down
than build or contribute. These people would never do what they've done for
as long as they've done it without a pathological need to do it. Sure, there
are always going to be disagreements, over politics, religion, etc., and
most adults deal with diverse views as adults. Unfortunately, there are a
few who are not capable of acting like adults, and thus we get the attempt
to lash out, damage what can be damaged, throw a tantrum, try to cause
trouble for people. Usenet newsgroups tend to attract them, because they
have the illusion of anonimity. They can't change who they are, which makes
them easy to identify.

Also, unfortunately, there's not much anyone can do about it unless it
really crosses the line into legal harassment. This has happened a couple of
times, as a few of us know, but mostly they're paper tigers. The best course
of action, which I've learned finally, is to ignore them as best as
possible. Fortunately, for most, it's fairly easy to do this technologically
with such things as killfiles. Everyone has a different level of tolerance
for these sort of people, but making an effort to restrain oneself is
usually worth the effort.

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