OK... I apologize. I'm sorry I said those things about Future Shop Canada and CompUSA. ;-)
Tom C. ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 5:04 PM Subject: Re: Flames > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul Stenquist" > Subject: Re: Flames > > > > Hi Bill, > > I think we should ignore any post that is obviously intended > to provoke > > or create a confrontational situation. However, I also noticed > that, > > just this afternoon, someone else tried to provoke the person > of whom I > > believe you are speaking. I think your advice is sound, but I > think it > > should be applied to any obvious attempt to create > controversy. > > Paul > > Quite so. The thing is, he is really quite fun to provoke, just > to see what spews forth (you may have noted that I am quite fond > of this sort of fun). > > Here is my thinking though, controversy unto itself is not > necessarily a bad thing, it makes us think. What is a bad thing > (I admit culpability here too) is deliberately provoking a > person into a vitriolic response. > I read the post this afternoon that I think you are referring > to, and while it was definitely designed to provoke a response, > it was also in answer to a deliberately insulting trollsome > post. Hence, in this situation, who really was the provocateur? > I submit the original post was designed to elucidate the type of > response that it received, in this situation, speaking about the > two posts that I think we are talking about (or around). > Hence, my thoughts on a "gentleman's agreement" of sorts. > > For myself, and I bet I speak for the majority, I don't need my > daily dose of emailtainment to annoy me. > Thanks for reading... > William Robb > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
