re Re Brent's lament

[David Morris]

It is a dilemma that I've thought about.  Ideally completely ignoring him 
will remove his motive: attention at any cost.  If I don't even read his 
posts I won't be tempted to be drawn into his "all about Doug" game.  He 
will seek out our attention in whatever way he can get it, and answering him 
at all just feeds his Jones.  He's already got free reign here to be as 
idiotic as he wants, and he's proven to be completely without shame.  So I 
say let's just cut off his supply of attention.

At least it's worth a try,
David Morris

>From: Paul Mackin <paul.mackin at verizon.net>
>
>Is resolving to ignore Doug really a very good idea?
>
>In the first place ignoring him is impossible, in the same way it was 
>impossible to ignore Jules.
>
>Secondly, do we really WANT the insults he unleashes on the p-list to go 
>unanswered. I would be willing to let the simple minded interpretations of 
>the books go unnoticed (though I haven't always followed this practice in 
>the past). But the bullying, often repeated charges that we are blind and 
>derelict in our obligation to world justice because we don't accept his 
>positions should NOT go unnoticed and unanswered.
>
>To save labor we could take turns.

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