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Re: Citywatch

On Fri, 25 Jul 1997 13:39:02 -0400, Kenneth Hawkins
<kenneth.hawkins@arch1.nara.gov> wrote:

>Citywatch:=20
>aren't you the same person who announced recently that you
>were leaving the list?? couldn't you have stayed away longer??
>go back to your job, your car, your stacks of money, and take your
>lousy attitude with you.

This is a classic case of what is called a troll in Internet
parlance. Someone comes in to a list, or a newsgroup, or whatever,
and makes comments designed to cause an uproar. Some 14 year olds
find this an interesting sport. All of you expressing your righteous
indignation are in fact rewarding the behavior since your response
is precisely what he seeks.

The only answer to a troll is to ignore it. If no one rises to the
bait, they get bored and go somewhere else.=20


- --=20
Kevin B. O'Brien                  TANSTAAFL
kob1@ix.netcom.com
"A sportsman is a man who, every now and then, simply has to get out and
kill something." -- Stephen Leacock

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