On 12/17/2009 4:33 AM, Chris Bannister wrote:
On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 10:58:46PM -0600, Mark Allums wrote:On 12/16/2009 4:27 PM, Johannes Wiedersich wrote:In what way "trolling"? Are you kidding? :-/You are repeating your arguments in a circular fashion without considering the arguments of others. Thats what we call trolling.That's not trolling. It may not be a good argument, but it's not trolling. Trolling is deliberately posting incendiary messages in order to make people angry.Yeah, but how do you know if its deliberate?
Sometimes, you know, sometimes, you don't. However, most of the time, if you are too emotional yourself to notice, someone more detached will helpfully point it out.
(Was a big reader of news/Usenet, back in the day. Haven't bothered with newsgroups in years and years.)
Mark Allums