On Dec 10 2007, 11:44 pm, Andy Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED] online.co.uk> wrote: > On Wed, 05 Dec 2007 11:54:03 -0800, mike3 wrote: > > On Dec 5, 6:57 am, David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> "Noah Slater" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> > On 05/12/2007, David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> I think it is enough to feed the trolls with a reference. > > >> > I don't think OP was trolling. > > >> Look up his posting history in this group. If you entertain the notion > >> that he is not a troll in the Usenet sense, he would certainly appear so > >> in the classical sense when considering the leasurely speed and the > >> time-limited nature of his comprehension. > > > The problem is though I really want to understand this, > > and to see if it's really as reasonable as is said. And > > perhaps, if I (or anyone else) find a problem, then it > > may be remedied. > > > How can I do itwithout trolling, when questions pop up > > in my mind that I want to ask? > > Trolling, as I understand it, properly means something like 'asking > ignorant and provocative questions /that you know are ignorant and > provocative/, with the /deliberate intention/ of winding up newbies on the > group and starting a flame war. Some people get off on this. >
But that is not what I want -- I want answers, I want to understand things, not provoke flame-fights -- to fill my ignorance with knowledge. > If this isn't what you're doing, then you're not a troll. If it is, then > you are. Just disagreeing strongly or asking questions people think are > stupid doesn't count IMHO. > _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
