> At 09:11 -0500 on 19/09/01, Bill Judson wrote:
>
>>> For example, posting MACS SUCK AND MAC USERS ARE
>>> A$$HOLES! to seattle.users.macintosh would be
>>> a definite troll. The term comes from fishing where
>>> you pilot a boat really slowly, dragging bait on
>>> a hook.
>>
>>That's "trawling". As I understood it when I 1st got on the net the word
>
> Not sure what "trawling" is but I know there are lotsa "trolling" motors
at
> sporting goods stores for that exact purpose...
Not a sport fisherman myself.
> Trolling is basically trying to get flamed or trying to start flamewars
> with loaded posts, generally NOT flames themselves.
>
>>As the old saying goes -- Don't engage in a battle of wits with half-wits;
>>you have to lower yourself to their level & they have lots more experience
>>down there.
>
> Ah, what a great saying. Dan Knight had one in his sig for a while, IIRC,
That's probably where I got it, I think!
> that said something similar, along the lines of
>
> "Don't argue with stupid people. They drag you down to their level and
> then beat you with experience."
>
> I forget who it was attributed to.
>
> p
--
Over,
Jutso
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