Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> ____/ Johan Lindquist on Friday 18 January 2008 08:23 : \____
>
>> So anyway, it was like, 17:48 CET Jan 17 2008, you know? Oh, and, yeah,
>> Roy Schestowitz was all like, "Dude,
>>> ____/ Johan Lindquist on Thursday 17 January 2008 10:22 : \____
>>>> So anyway, it was like, 10:36 CET Jan 17 2008, you know? Oh, and, yeah,
>>>> Roy Schestowitz was all like, "Dude,
>>
>>>>> This is a pro-Linux newsgroup.
>>>>
>>>> Where does it actually, explicitly, say that it is?
>>>>
>>>>> If someone is here to defend Windows most of the time, become
>>>>> suspicious.
>>>>
>>>> And who, pray tell, should one discuss the benefits of linux as
>>>> compared to other operating systems with, if someone who likes
>>>> another os better is labeled as "suspicious"? Isn't the basis for
>>>> actual debate that you have opposing views on the subject at hand?
>>>>
>>>> Is it really just a place where people can sit around and agree on
>>>> how good linux is you're after? I don't believe this group is the
>>>> place you want, in that case.
>>>
>>> The way you put this sounds reasonable,
>>
>> Thanks for that sentiment.
>>
>>> but think about posters who come here to say that person X is
>>> castrating bodyparts and person Y is a 'fruit'. Then, come to
>>> consider that many people come here not to criticise Linux but to
>>> /ATTACK/ it. That's no debate, unless we all live in a cave.
>>
>> None of that has anything to do with the operating system the person
>> uses or prefers, it's just that some people like to be hostile toward
>> others. Did you know, there are complete assholes that run both linux
>> and *gasp* bsd!?!
>
> ...and Macs. Well, the proportion of arseholes *does* vary depending on
> platforms if you take the average over some population. For instance, there
> has just been a publication of a survey which shows Mac users are... well,
> smug ("feeling superior, more liberal, etc.").
>
> Anyway, Kier is not a troll, but he does tend to feed the trolls more than he
> ought to. And when I say "trolls" in this content what I mean to say is that
> he talks to people who talk about people, not computers. Replace "talk"
> with "attack". There is no reason to feed the scummy ones because by doing so
> you're encouraging more of that and keeping them around.
>
Kier does troll, Roy. In response to my simple question about the BBC
he was very abusive. That *is* trolling.
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