Thanks, I think. I feel like I just got a backhand with that support :) If this were an anti-Bush or anti-Republican group then I'd qualify as a troll. But it's not. It's ColdFusion. Yet everyday what I believe in gets slammed by people with such a blinding bias they don't know what they're talking about. An example would be blaming Bush for the eminent domain issue even though Bush hasn't appointed any Judges and the existing Conservative Judges voted against it. And now Bush is blamed for the Religious right hiring lobbyist? How is that Bush's fault? Why should they not be allowed to hire lobbyist like everyone else? Double standard I guess. But if I bring these points to light I'm the one accused of attacking people. It seems some people just like to spew their nonsense without being questioned.
On 7/2/05, Jim Davis wrote: > Just sticking my nose in... but I think "troll" is harsh in this instance. > > I can empathize with the love of a good argument. Somebody may be defending > their convictions, attempting to defend a contrary position (a valuable > exercise which isn't done nearly enough I think) or in fact just playing > devil's advocate. > > I think that all of these are valuable. At the same time I think a good > argument demands respect amongst the participants. Personal attacks outside > the arena, name-calling, etc all show a marked lack of respect and taint the > quality of the argument. > > On the other hand a troll's purpose is twofold: to eliminate the possibility > of on-topic or intelligent discussion and to continue the off-topic > discussion as long as possible - preferably while pissing off as many people > as possible. They will immediately attack, change sides, make ridiculous > assertions, etc. Most importantly they KNOW their trolling. > > (Of course... if you want to force the issue you might say that Sam is a > very bad troll. But by the same token you can say he's a very bad > Podiatrist since to my knowledge he's not trying to be either.) > > Now, for what it's worth, I've not seen (according to my definition) any > trolls on this list (well... at least for a while). I've seen many of us > (myself included) be royal assholes when pressed... but no trolls. ;^) > > Jim Davis > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:163198 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
