At 12:08 AM 5/29/2002 -0400 Gary Nunn wrote: >I probably don't have to point this out to the parents on this list, but as >with children, if you reward their bad behavior with attention, they will >continue to behave in such a way as to continue getting attention. If you >want Mark to stop, then stop rewarding his behavior with the comments and >discussions. He will eventually get bored with nobody responding.
Unfortunately, you have a game theory problem here in that your strategy requires the cooperation of a large group of people. For example, my silence on Mark's behaviour for the first couple weeks didn't seem to have much effect. JDG
