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Posted by Perseus on 10/22/05 02:53
On Fri, 21 Oct 2005 20:22:29 +0100, "Hammerer" <hammerer@hotmail.com>
wrote:
>
>"Perseus" <ComHost-h0001.erase@hccnet.nl> wrote in message
>news:hxxZQ3fOXTIdE5gQCb8206wFJS7W@4ax.com...
>>
>> On Fri, 21 Oct 2005 17:02:33 +0100, "Hammerer"
>> <hammerer@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Nice one, Pers. Yet another sober, sensible, level-headed response
>> > from your good self. I've been watching you. I like to imagine that
>beneath
>> > the rather dry, slightly pedantic (if extremely helpful) exterior lurks
>a raging
>> > beast that will one day burst forth and cause havoc.
>> > Anyway, here's my take on the subject of "trolls", if you're interested.
>> > It's *my* belief that EVERYONE is a troll. There are no innocents here,
>> > Pers. Except for me. Who'd have thought it, eh?
>> >
>>
>> Hammerer,
>> Thanks! You're too kind!
>>
>I know. It's a personality fault.
>>
>> You say you've been watching me, is that something I
>> should be worried about?
>>
>Not really, Pers. Just make sure that your webcam is pointing *away* from
>you while you're online. You can't be too sure, nowadays.
>>
>> On the raging beast remark: who knows, maybe I *will* loose it
>> one day and blow this whole NG to smithereens or something similar,
>> but don't you think that many of us are prone to such outbursts, given
>> the right circumstances?
>>
>It's the circumstances that I'm concerned about, Pers. One day you're giving
>out the same helpful advice to some evil troll that you gave ANOTHER evil
>troll only minutes before, and the next day - faced with the same thing -
>you finally "loose" it and start issuing death threats, or something. This
>has been known to happen. Be careful.
>>
>> I mean I'm trying hard to keep a cool head, in all
>> that's taking place in the world in general and in here specifically,
>> but sometimes it's really hard to keep it together, so yeah, perhaps
>> that letting it all out like you described, would in fact be beneficial
>> to me, health wise that is. Let's see, maybe I could give it a try
>> right now and say something nice to you, like this for instance:
>> What possessed you to think that you were capable of being entertaining
>> or interesting to read? If you called the Suicide Hotline, they'd say:
>> "Go ahead. Do it!" Maybe you wouldn't be such a Jerk-In-The-Box if you
>> weren't so dumb that even blondes tell jokes about you; if your weren't
>> so fat that all the restaurants in town have signs that say: "Maximum
>> Occupancy: 80 Patrons OR You.", or if you didn't have a face that
>> people shove in dough to make monster cookies. No, come to think of it,
>> you would.
>> Oh yes, that feels a lot better ;-)
>>
>Cathartic, isn't it?! The icing on the cake is when the recipient gets
>upset. Heaven and Bliss!
>>
>> And as far as your take on the "trolls" phenomenon goes, well,
>> maybe yeah, we *are* all trolls in one way or another, but hey,
>> that's way too philosophical for me dude... What did you say?
>>
>I said "except for me".
>>
>> Except for you?
>>
>Yeah!
>>
>> Answering that would not just be unnecessary, it would
>> probably make me look foolish as well, I think.
>>
>Correct answer, Pers! You see, you've grasped this whole thing perfectly!
>Yes!
>>
>> Isn't it a good thing we are so dissimilar, Hammerer?! ;-)
>>
>Sure is, Pers! But if you finally "loose" it . . . . wow!!!
Hammerer,
Good advice there, on that webcam! From now on every time I fire up my
newsreader, I'll hang a sock over my webcam. After all it's like you
said, "you can't be too sure, nowadays."
Oh and those trolls, like you often say, they should be banned, don't
you think? Because, you see, I'm already starting to get so enraged
about the whole issue, that typing one "o" too many just completely
escaped me in my previous post. So don't worry, I wasn't planning on
*loosing* anything :-)
As far as your description of my insignificant attempt at letting some
steam off, "cathartic" will do very nicely indeed. Gotta hand it to you
Hammerer, you *are* good with words!
Finally, thank you for your acknowledgment of my understanding of your
attitude on this subject (of trolls that is).
Greetz,
--
Perseus
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