your willingness to engage in it may become a problem for you. On Jan 18, 9:41 am, Twirlip <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jan 18, 3:19 pm, Molly <[email protected]> wrote: > > > any further discussion will just be noise, yes. > > OK, just this one post, I promise! > > > Your response above > > and willingness to argue does make you a red flag for the moderators, > > I hope you can see that. > > I can see the irony that a "willingness to argue" makes me a liability > in a forum devoted to rational discussion! > > But I will bow the knee. > > > If you stick to discussion of ideas, and lay > > off personality assessments and finger pointing, you will avoid > > moderation. > > But Miss, he started it! :-) > > > > > On Jan 18, 9:14 am, Twirlip <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Jan 18, 3:03 pm, Molly <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I think what Ian is suggesting, Twirl, is that eventually the trolls > > > > are moderated out of here. In the mean time, they stir up as much as > > > > possible, and anyone they can engage so that they have others at which > > > > to point the finger. Don't fall into their trap and be one of those. > > > > You don't have to respond to every accusation of the troll. Ignoring > > > > them is much better than feeding them. If you see the need to defend, > > > > do so in one line, not repeated posts, as this just compounds the > > > > problem. > > > > I see. It wasn't clear to me that fiddler is to be classified as a > > > troll. (Dare I mention that I am too new here to be able to make such > > > a judgement? Don't hit me!) :-) > > > > I thought he was just one of the regular posters, who, like Slip Disc, > > > is just getting very angry at me at the moment (for no reason that I > > > can understand). > > > > If he is a troll, then yes, of course, I will do my level best just to > > > ignore him. > > > > Is it OK if, for the moment, I continue to give him the benefit of the > > > doubt? I am quite willing to be guided in matters such as this with > > > which I am not familiar, so, if it is made completely clear that > > > absolutely any further contribution by me to this thread would > > > effectively just be noise in the group, then I will comply with the > > > instruction to "desist". > > > > > On Jan 18, 8:47 am, Twirlip <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > On Jan 18, 2:37 pm, Ian Pollard <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Twirlip, accepting that you were provoked by Fiddler's accusations, > > > > > > please > > > > > > desist from responding to this thread. > > > > > > Sorry, no. I have every right to respond rationally. If I am > > > > > abusive, reprimand me. > > > > > > > The only likely outcome is both of you being moderated or banned. > > > > > > So be it. If I get banned from defending myself reasonably against a > > > > > personal attack, then this is not a healthy place to be.- Hide quoted > > > > > text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
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