----- Original Message ----- From: "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 4:44 PM Subject: Re: Mmm, mesquite smoky goodness (was Re: (~) Please.)
> > A man gets mugged and ends up in hospital. Are you also going to tell him > that his way to victory is by shutting up about it instead of by going to > the police? > > A woman gets raped. Are you also going to tell her that her way to victory > is by shutting up about it instead of by going to the police? Goodness, Jeroen, you are the victim of a parody and trolling, not a mugging or a rape. The discussion of American Patriot's mental state was deliberately written to match your discussions of Mark's mental state. It was designed to be over the line in the exact same way that your post was over the line with Mark's. It was designed to follow the pattern of your post. It was a criticism of you evaluating Mark's mental state. If Erik were to try to parody me, my first reaction might be hurt feelings, but I hope my second is laughter. Then, as you kept on over reacting, the parody changed to a troll. The only way to react to a troll is to not feed him. People did react helpfully when he started trolling you; letting you know it was a troll. You ignored them. It would really be helpful for you to realize that many people, myself included, see you doing the things you complain that others do to you. One of the interesting things about human beings is that we are all looking at the world from different perspectives. A reasonable question is why are you certain that there are scores of folks who see what's happening and get it all wrong, and you are singular in having the right perspective? Why is it impossible for you to have the wrong perspective? That's been a pattern that I've seen for years? Everyone else on the list can be wrong, why not you? Dan M.
