Subject: | Re: The philosophy behind usenet trolls
| Date: | Mon, 12 Jul 2004 14:04:15 GMT
| From: | "jim fish" <trollscan@biteme.com>
| Newsgroups: | alt.philosophy.taoism,can.ai
|
"8 |" <still@lost.com> wrote in message
news:WkwIc.2097$TB3.225228@news20.bellglobal.com...
>
> "jim fish" <trollscan@biteme.com> wrote in message
> news:CfwIc.31408$Xb4.26594@nwrdny02.gnilink.net...
> >
> > "8 |" <still@lost.com> wrote in message
> > news:ULuIc.1830$TB3.208341@news20.bellglobal.com...
> > >
> > > "Bee" <in.my.bonnet@Shangri-La.com> wrote in message
> > > news:M%uIc.326$Gl6.147@newsfe2-win.ntli.net...
> > > > Harlan Osier wrote:
> > > > > ...the Netcops.These people usually are oppressed
> > > > > ones in real-life and have created their own rules in "their"
> > > > > newsgroups.In "their" newsgroups, they are "the boss", the "police
> > > > > chief", "the sheriff in town".
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Yes, I have seen them at work. The name, Netcops, is new to me, but
> > > > they do behave as you described. Extraordinarily foul and
aggressive
> > > > language is their weapon. They pick their victims as they choose.
> One
> > > > gang, for example, hangs out in the MS Windows XP (General)
newsgroup.
> > > > These are the hoodlums of the cyber world. Their formation, antics
> and
> > > > background would be interesting topics in a Sociology research
> project.
> > > >
> > > > Bee.
> > > > --
> > > > [I have found my Shangri-La in ntlworld.]
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > foul language?
> > > that would be moonshadao.
> > > he sets the standard here.
> > > how many otherwise valuable
> > > contributors has he turned off.
> > > what surprises me is how many
> > > are sympathetic to his cause.
> >
> > I'm not exactly sure if his cause is any more than to keep things on
topic
> > which may be confucian but may also be, as someone pointed to (Iforget
> who),
> > a natural law arising from the way of usenet.
> >
> > > i guess the usa is so rank
> > > with xian proselytizers and
> > > new-agers...
> >
> > One the other or both depending upon location. Rick lives in the "Bible
> > Belt". Being on the border with Canada and spending much time in TO and
> some
> > in Quebec City, I'd have to say that there is very little of such
> > proselytizing in comparison. That may be a reason for differences in
> > perspective.
> >
> > > that this ng must seem
> > > like the place to get back at them.
> >
> > I'm not sure if getting back is ricks point, but maybe.
> >
> > > what a waste of an otherwise
> > > friendly, tolerant and peaceful place.
> >
> > Perhaps.
> > Most times, if one follows the off topic poster he will find an agendum,
> > particularly with the xian. For some, it is required to "spread the
word".
> >
> > New agers are a different breed and perhaps tolerance and explanation is
a
> > better approach. But "Timmy from Wales" took new age and von Daniken
alien
> > theories to a whole new level. He was certainly a troll of a different
> kind.
> >
> > This may seem quite unfair but there are those here who, if they asked
> rick
> > to back off for a moment, because they think there is some legitimacy to
> the
> > perceived troll, rick would comply.
> > Such compliance may not last long ;-)
> >
> > rgds.
> > :-)
> > jim
> >
> >
>
> why should care what rick's problem is?
I'm not quite sure what pronoun goes there, but if it is 'you' meaning me, I
don't care.
If it is 'I' meaning you, you shouldn't imo.
> he's got a foul mouth you seem to love.
To make it clear, I don't care what words rick uses. Affinity for or against
the words used interferes with understanding the message.
Perceptions aside, I responded to your post in the polite manner that you
have asked. You might reply in kind.
rgds.
:-)
jim
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