SomeBloke wrote:
> On Wed, 20 May 2009 11:52:05 -0500, chrisv wrote:
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>> SomeBloke wrote:
>>
>>> Quack snotted:
>>>>
>>>> You make zero sense. You have zero to offer. You seem to like untruths
>>>> and deception to truth and honesty. When you can be more honest and
>>>> reasonable we can talk....
>>
>> Guffaw. From the *shameless* liar, the rotten, dishonest-to-the-core
>> "Hadron" Quack.
>>
>>>You sanctimonius hypocite, on every attempt of mine to be honest and
>>>reasonable you have thrown it back in my face and insulted me.
>>>
>>>You are reaping the whirlwind, enjoy the ride.
>>
>> Quack did make one valid point, however. If you didn't like reading
>> untruths and deception, you'd just KF that lying asshole.
>
> I was brought up not to shy away from bullies, but to face them down.
>
Good advice and it works wonders.
I knocked the high school bully unconscious by myself when I was 14.
We were out in a park near the school, early before school started. I had
come to school early to find him after he attacked me in company the
previous day, about a week after I started high school. I couldn't defend
myself against three people back then.
I knew if I did nothing, these idiots would feel they had my permission to
do the same thing again and again.
"qui tacet consentire videtur" He who keeps silent is assumed to consent;
So I decided to put a stop to it before it got out of hand.
I didn't think anyone knew I knocked him out, and I doubt he told anyone.
However after that, for several months all kinds of kids attacked him
(usually in groups, as he was pretty big) and beat him up.
Once a bully has been beaten, people are no longer scared of him, in fact
they seem to decide that they can also beat him.
I can't wait to see this happen to Microsoft, their enemies are legion.
--
If we wish to reduce our ignorance, there are people we will
indeed listen to. Trolls are not among those people, as trolls, more or
less by definition, *promote* ignorance.
Kelsey Bjarnason, C.O.L.A. 2008
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