Does anything useful come from responding to trolls

Does anything useful come from responding to trolls

If everyone simply did not reply to his posts he would go away.

Re: Does anything useful come from responding to trolls

jamesgangnc wrote:
> If everyone simply did not reply to his posts he would go away.
>
>

You are assuming he has a remaining vestige of rationality - he hasn't.
He will stay, whatever.

d

Re: Does anything useful come from responding to trolls

"Don Pearce" <nospam@nospam . com > wrote in message
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> jamesgangnc wrote:
>> If everyone simply did not reply to his posts he would go away.
>
> You are assuming he has a remaining vestige of rationality - he hasn't. He
> will stay, whatever.
>
> d
Rationality has nothing to do with it. Imagine you are in a room full of
people but everyone in it acts like you do not exist. They ignore
everything you say. Would anyone not just leave after a while? Trolls goal
is to get attention. Take away the attention and problem solved.

Re: Does anything useful come from responding to trolls


"jamesgangnc" <james@nospam . com > wrote in message
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> If everyone simply did not reply to his posts he would go away.

You're an optimist!

MrT.

Re: Does anything useful come from responding to trolls


"Mr.T" <MrT@home> wrote in message
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>
> "jamesgangnc" <james@nospam . com > wrote in message
> news:vNmdnStGJo4OR7fVnZ2dnUVZ_qjinZ2d@earthlink . com ...
>> If everyone simply did not reply to his posts he would go away.
>
> You're an optimist!
>
> MrT.
>
>


As there are Trolls, so there are Troll Feeders. They are inextricably
linked.


Gareth.

Re: Does anything useful come from responding to trolls

"Gareth Magennis" <sound.service@btconnect . com > wrote in message
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>
> "Mr.T" <MrT@home> wrote in message
> news:482bc872$0$1027$afc38c87@news.optusnet . com .au...
>>
>> "jamesgangnc" <james@nospam . com > wrote in message
>> news:vNmdnStGJo4OR7fVnZ2dnUVZ_qjinZ2d@earthlink . com ...
>>> If everyone simply did not reply to his posts he would go away.
>>
>> You're an optimist!
>>
>> MrT.
>>
>>
>
>
> As there are Trolls, so there are Troll Feeders. They are inextricably
> linked.
>
>
> Gareth.
Sadly true......

Re: Does anything useful come from responding to trolls

"jamesgangnc" <james@nospam . com > wrote:
> "Gareth Magennis" <sound.service@btconnect . com > wrote in message
> news:8-udndfY1eB3YbbVnZ2dnUVZ8qXinZ2d@bt . com ...
>>
>> "Mr.T" <MrT@home> wrote in message
>> news:482bc872$0$1027$afc38c87@news.optusnet . com .au...
>>>
>>> "jamesgangnc" <james@nospam . com > wrote in message
>>> news:vNmdnStGJo4OR7fVnZ2dnUVZ qjinZ2d@earthlink . com ...
>>>> If everyone simply did not reply to his posts he would go away.
>>>
>>> You're an optimist!
>>>
>>> MrT.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> As there are Trolls, so there are Troll Feeders. They are inextricably
>> linked.
>>
>>
>> Gareth.
> Sadly true......

A merciless Perl regular expression in my kill.rc:

^(?:Message-ID|References):.*googlegroups

--
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Re: Does anything useful come from responding to trolls


"Mats Peterson" <matsp555@yahoo . com > wrote in message
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> "jamesgangnc" <james@nospam . com > wrote:
>> "Gareth Magennis" <sound.service@btconnect . com > wrote in message
>> news:8-udndfY1eB3YbbVnZ2dnUVZ8qXinZ2d@bt . com ...
>>>
>>> "Mr.T" <MrT@home> wrote in message
>>> news:482bc872$0$1027$afc38c87@news.optusnet . com .au...
>>>>
>>>> "jamesgangnc" <james@nospam . com > wrote in message
>>>> news:vNmdnStGJo4OR7fVnZ2dnUVZ_qjinZ2d@earthlink . com ...
>>>>> If everyone simply did not reply to his posts he would go away.
>>>>
>>>> You're an optimist!
>>>>
>>>> MrT.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> As there are Trolls, so there are Troll Feeders. They are inextricably
>>> linked.
>>>
>>>
>>> Gareth.
>> Sadly true......
>
> A merciless Perl regular expression in my kill.rc:
>
> ^(?:Message-ID|References):.*googlegroups



So is that what they mean by "throwing Perl before swine?"




Gareth.