Posted by Perseus on 10/21/05 15:39

On Thu, 20 Oct 2005 06:56:11 -0400, "BP" <replytoall@only.net> wrote:

>"Perseus" <ComHost-h0001.erase@hccnet.nl> wrote in message
>news:GlZXQwuB44SpIUv=qsqjx2fokQKm@4ax.com...
>> On Thu, 20 Oct 2005 20:17:15 +1300, "Cody Hanson"
>> <Katznznznznz@xtra.co.nz> wrote:
>>
>>>To All Winmx Users,
>>>
>>>The Winmx Server ahave been taken offline by the someone so don't try to
>>>use
>>>the program you will not be able to logon to the server.
>>
>> Cody,
>>
>> I think you're somewhat misinformed, because the peer cache servers are
>> up and running, right now as I'm writing this:
>>
>> http://www.winmxgroup.com/check.php
>>
>
>Shhhhh. Jeeeezzzz. How do you know this isn't an evil troll?

BP,

I don't. But let this part of a nice discussion on the subject of
"trolls" - that I've found elsewhere on Usenet - be the explanation as
for why I've answered the post:

Zinj <zinji...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> In *my* opinion; if one is going to answer a post, whether troll
>> or not, it makes sense to play 'straight man' and just answer as
>> if it *isn't* a troll.

>You make some interesting points, and I found this one particularly
>sensible. It is an attitude I usually take myself, in fact, which is why I
>do not generally concern myself with whether a poster is a troll or not.
<snip>

>--
>Midwinter

So you see, I really couldn't care less if the post I replied to was a
troll or not, I don't elaborate when answering those kinds of
statements anyway, so what do I care if it was posted with questionable
intend or not. In fact, maybe *yours* is a troll, just for asking me
that question.... ;-)

Greetz,

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Perseus

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