On Jun 14, 2009, at 7:01 AM, Stephen A. Lawrence wrote:
fznidar...@aol.com wrote:
I miss Jed. I hope he comes back.
You know, when things didn't go his way at Infinite Energy, he never
came back.
And it may come to pass that Grok's purpose will be fulfilled: He
will
have succeeded in totally disrupting the forum.
For, remember, Jed's banning, and Thomas Malloy's banning, were both
the
indirect result of Grok's actions here. If Grok had not been spewing
his toxic waste here Bill would never have resorted to such drastic
action, which was taken at least in part because of a number of
complaints by members, which were in turn triggered by Grok.
Aren't trolls wonderful?
Indeed. However, the real fault is the reaction of normal people to
the insane. If the people in this group had recognized the nature of
Grok and responded in an appropriate way, i.e. ignored him, his
effects would have been nil. Instead, efforts were made to engage him
as if he were a normal, rational person. This same approach to the
dysfunctional individual plays out on a national scale when responding
to leaders and spokesman who suffer from the same mental dysfunction.
Yes, I agree people can have differences of opinion without being
insane. The indication of insanity is in how these differences are
expressed. Another indication is the impossibility of changing such a
person's attitude by rational discussion. Unless people can learn how
to make this distinction and ignore people who cannot understand
reality because their brains are not wired properly, society will
continue to be led into destructive conditions, and this forum will
suffer the same damage again.
Ed
