re. Trolls (was Re: Pynchon's weaknesses)

[Dave Monroe]

Hey, I'll respond to anybody, and I'm not easily offended.  It's a free, er,
"country," er, "here," isn't it?  Why worry about messages you can easily delete
with the click of a button, or can easily respond to with the clickity-clack of
a few more?  Plenty of stuff slips by ignored here, no doubt, but it doesn't
seem to be the stuff you all want to ignore.  Perhaps too much time, energy is
expended here trading disdain and outright nastiness, and not enough discussing
the topic, the wide range of possible topics at hand, is all.  Just an
observation from somebody new here, but who's seen worse ...

jbor wrote:

> (a word to the wise for Dave and any other newbies.)
>
> The best way to avoid trolls is to leave them alone. They live under the
> bridge, you see. But they can't hurt you. The footing's firm enough, the
> planks well-trod. Though they might sound a bit like Billy Goats at first
> you'll pretty soon get to recognise who the trolls are by the way they carry
> on and, send their sky-hooks up as they may, it's best to leave them to
> their dung-heap down there.
>
> ----------
> >From: "Dave Monroe" <monroe at mpm.edu>
> >Subject: Re: Pynchon's weaknesses
> >Date: Fri, Jun 30, 2000, 12:00 PM
>
> > ... not to prolong the argument here--
> snip