The discussion under this subject is between Chris and Pete. But keep trying.
You'll get it right eventually. Harry ********************************** Henry George School of Social Science of Los Angeles. Box 655 Tujunga CA 91042 818 352-4141 ********************************** > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Mike Spencer > Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 12:13 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Futurework] [META] Re: Bill Gates, Rockefellers & > Africa's biopiracy > > > Hello all -- > > I dropped off the FutureWork list a couple of years ago, not only > because Harry was trolling [1] the list, trying to provoke > opportunities for his condescending barbs and his > free-market-cures-all polemics but as well because all the other > bright folks on the list were politely responding to him as if his > posts were mature and sensible contributions and his jibes and > provocations were unintentional oversights. > > I quite missed the dialog so now I've subscribed again and, oh > dear, > oh dear, what do I find? That Harry is still trolling for arguments, > intentionally provoking them and pointlessly prolonging them. > It's a > bit reassuring that others are no longer tolerating his provocations > with good grace in the interest of decorum. On the other hand, > allowing the list discourse to degenerate into the kind of shouting > match that makes Harry feel righteous and important is not a big > win, > either. > > I would hesitate to suggest that the list owner(s) bar Harry from > the > list but perhaps it would be constructive to simply ignore all of his > posts that are devoid of redeeming value or which serve chiefly as > a > launching platform for his belligerent rhetoric. Harry's skill is > an ability to be so irritating that one feels compelled to respond. > Suppressing that compulsion might improve the FW > conversation. > > > - Mike > > > -------------------------- > /| /| | | > ||__|| | Please | > / O O\__ do not feed | > / \ the troll. | > / \ \ | > / _ \ \ ---------------------- > / |\____\ \ || > / | | | |\____/ || > / \|_|_|/ | __|| > / / \ |____| || > / | | /| | --| > | | |// |____ --| > * _ | |_|_|_| | \-/ > *-- _--\ _ \ // | > / _ \\ _ // | / > * / \_ /- | - | | > * ___ c_c_c_C/ \C_c_c_c____________ > > > > > [1] On the off chance that you haven't encountered the term > "troll" > in a net context, here's a snippet from Wikipedia : > > In Internet terminology, a troll is someone who intentionally > posts derogatory or otherwise inflammatory messages about > sensitive topics in an established online community such as > an > online discussion forum to bait users into responding. They > may also plant images and data...in order to cause > confrontation. > [...] > The contemporary use of the term first appeared on Usenet > groups in the late 1980s. It is widely thought to be a > truncation of the phrase "trolling for suckers", itself derived > from the sport fishing technique of trolling. > > > -- > Michael Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada .~. > /V\ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] /( )\ > http://home.tallships.ca/mspencer/ ^^-^^ > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > Futurework@fes.uwaterloo.ca > http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list Futurework@fes.uwaterloo.ca http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
