On Jan 18, 5:25 am, Kier <val...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 02:07:23 -0800, Tim Smith wrote:
> > In article <l98665-o76....@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> > Mark Kent <mark.k...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> Kier says:
> >> >>>>>> Is Mark an idiot or just round the bend?
>
> >> in response to (paraphrasing) does he work for the BBC? This *is*
> >> trolling, Roy!
>
> > You didn't just ask out of the blue if he worked for the BBC. You asked
> > in the middle of the thread, in a place where the implication was that
> > he is likely astroturfing for them.
>
> And given what I do for a living, I find that most *un*likely :-)
>
> He did not even have a courtesy to ask me directly the first time. Did he
> really not expect me to respond?
>
It would be best not to question the Almighty. He has a very specific
definition of troll: You can't respond with any kind of emotion, but
he can respond with any kind of emotion, including asking a loaded
question implying you are shilling for the BBC. It doesn't have to
make sense to you or me. He's the King of COLA and rules with an iron
fist. Is calling it the "MSBBC" intended to evoke an emotional
response? Sure it is, but as one of Mark's favored children, Roy gets
a pass. Mark created this group so he could have a place to talk to
Roy (and for William Poaster to pop in and mention how big his
killfile is), the rest of us just need to accept that.
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