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From: Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 11:25:55 -0600
Subject: Re: Don't feed the troll...
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On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 7:37 AM, Antoon Pardon
<antoon.pardon@rece.vub.ac.be> wrote:
> What do you mean with not a participant in the past? As far
> as I can see his first appearance was in dec 2011. That is
> over a year ago. It also seems that he always find people
> willing to engage with him. Is how the group treats him
> not also an aspect in deciding whether he belongs or not?

Although it's true that he's been around for a while, it has in my
mind only been very recently that his posts have started to become a
problem.