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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> __/ [ Mark Kent ] on Tuesday 19 December 2006 12:24 \__
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>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> __/ [ Mark Kent ] on Tuesday 19 December 2006 08:25 \__
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>>>> Maverick <Sun@xxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>>> Linonut wrote:
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>>>>>> After takin' a swig o' grog, Tim Smith belched out this bit o' wisdom:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On 2006-12-18, spike1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <spike1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>The reason it was better back then was because there were some damned
>>>>>>>>good people here who left in disgust at all the wintrolls dragging the
>>>>>>>>newsgroup down. We've not seen hide nor hair of several of them for
>>>>>>>>several years.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Only person who springs instantly to mind right now is terry porter
>>>>>>>>but there was more than that of course.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Terry Porter was one of the ones who started the current mess, by
>>>>>>>applying a Linux loyalty test to posters. Long time Linux advocates,
>>>>>>>who had been in the group, advocating Linux far longer than he had been
>>>>>>>here, would be accused by him of being wintrolls if they admitted to
>>>>>>>any Linux problem.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Not in my recollection.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Timmy is just spreading a peculiar kind of COLA busting technique. The
>>>>> guy is a first class nerd without a life.
>>>>> If he ever had a woman, he'd be gone from here in a heartbeat.
>>>>
>>>> Hehe.. probably. Terry Porter was an advocate of the highest quality
>>>> and morals. One has to wonder about the morals of anyone who'd
>>>> deliberately post anti-charter material week in and week out for
>>>> years...
>>>
>>> I decided to expose and face up that MVP who submits thousands of
>>> Microsoft items to Digg.com. I'll find out tomrrow if he replies or simply
>>> retaliates by modding me down, as usual...
>>>
>>
>> I think that you should face up to such people in these situations. All
>> too often, people use arguments about manners and similar in an effort
>> to distract from embarrassing but important facts, such as they've just
>> lost the argument, say, but it's not "what you say", it becomes "how you
>> said it".
>>
>> Don't give up!
>
> Thanks, Mark. You make some good points. Some of these Digg stalkers (I'm not
> really exaggerating here) remind me of linux-sux-lycos, who has just
> returned to this newsgroup. Like Gary+++, perhaps he's back on this time of
> the month when he's on heavy tampon shuffle. Whether others know it or not,
> he chose nyms that are colleagues and people whom I know. Perhaps he's
> trying to get attention (mine or /theirs/) in this way, as well as lead them
> to pressuring me or be upset at me. The only thing worse than a troll is an
> anonymous coward. The latter has no liability issues, so it's a criminal on
> the loose.
>
That is seriously sociopathic behaviour. Such people should probably be
locked up somewhere. If you think someone is doing such a thing, I
would suggest that you point it out, for the record, immediately,
ideally in a follow-up to the first offending post. That way, the
normal people will know who to avoid.
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