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Re: Fascist troll

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On 2012-10-19, Pavel <pauldontspamtolk@removeyourself.dontspam.yahoo> wrote:
> Kenny McCormack wrote:
>> In article <k50v5i$8lc$1@speranza.aioe.org>,
>> Rui Maciel  <rui.maciel@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Joe Pfeiffer wrote:
>>>
>>>> FWIW, I haven't protested his posts because my experience dating back
>>>> many years is that, with only one exception I can think of, the
>>>> arguments with the troll are always worse than the troll.
>>>
>>> Hear, hear.
>>>
>>>
>>> Rui Maciel
>>
>> As I said before, this "just ignore it; it will go away" is good advice in
>> the old hacker model (where it is "just us").  But it doesn't work in the
>> new world
> Why does it always work for me in this "new world"? 

Probably because you aren't the target of vicious online stalking or bullying
with offline consequences.

If we look at some current (or not-so-current-anymore) events, it's obvious
that other people's mileage has sometimes varied in regard to the effectiveness
of "ignore it and it will go away".

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Fascist troll jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2012-10-08 18:10 +0200
  Re: Fascist troll Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2012-10-08 11:29 -0500
  Re: Fascist troll James Lothian <james@firstnamelastname.freeserve.co.uk> - 2012-10-08 17:29 +0100
    Re: Fascist troll Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2012-10-08 09:47 -0700
      Re: Fascist troll Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2012-10-10 06:46 -0700
  Re: Fascist troll Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2012-10-08 17:59 +0100
    Re: Fascist troll gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2012-10-08 17:16 +0000
    Re: Fascist troll Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-10-08 12:12 -0700
  Re: Fascist troll "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-10-08 18:16 +0100
  Re: Fascist troll BruceS <bruces42@hotmail.com> - 2012-10-08 18:57 +0000
    Re: Fascist troll Greg Martin <greg@softsprocket.com> - 2012-10-08 12:32 -0700
  Re: Fascist troll Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2012-10-08 21:13 +0000
  Re: Fascist troll Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2012-10-08 20:52 -0600
    Re: Fascist troll Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2012-10-09 11:40 +0100
      Re: Fascist troll gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2012-10-09 13:46 +0000
        Re: Fascist troll Pavel <pauldontspamtolk@removeyourself.dontspam.yahoo> - 2012-10-18 21:32 -0400
          Re: Fascist troll Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2012-10-19 02:54 +0000
            Re: Fascist troll gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2012-10-19 03:18 +0000
              Re: Fascist troll jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2012-10-19 09:05 +0200
                Re: Fascist troll Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2012-10-19 05:24 -0700
                OT Re: Fascist troll Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2012-10-19 16:30 +0100
                Re: Fascist troll gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2012-10-19 14:16 +0000
                OT Re: Fascist troll Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2012-10-19 16:04 +0100
                Re: Fascist troll Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-10-20 09:52 +1300
                Re: Fascist troll Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-10-21 11:13 +0300
            Re: Fascist troll Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2012-10-19 15:47 +0100
        OT Re: Fascist troll Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2012-10-19 15:36 +0100
          Re: OT Re: Fascist troll Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2012-10-19 07:56 -0700
            Re: OT Re: Fascist troll Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2012-10-19 16:06 +0100
              Re: OT Re: Fascist troll "Armstrong" <gbw823@wood.net> - 2012-10-20 23:31 -0600
                Re: OT Re: Fascist troll Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2012-10-21 04:46 -0700
                Re: OT Re: Fascist troll "Amy" <ames39@yorktown.net> - 2012-10-22 02:59 -0600
                Re: OT Re: Fascist troll Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-10-22 09:45 -0700
  Re: Fascist troll Mark Bluemel <mark_bluemel@pobox.com> - 2012-10-09 12:04 +0100
    Re: Fascist troll "Armstrong" <gbw823@wood.net> - 2012-10-21 00:01 -0600

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