Trolling (was Re: ATD: cover seal)

[Keith McMullen]

I think those of us who are sick of the boring babysquabbling should  
keep complaining ad nauseum until it stops. We are on the verge of a  
massive discussion of a new Pynchon novel. It has the potential of  
being a very entertaining and enlightening interchange. The  
babysquabbling has the potential to destroy the whole damned  
discussion. All it would take would be for one side or the other of  
this nonsense to stop participating, and it would stop. It amazes me  
that none of the participants are embarrassed by their participation.  
But, so long as they get some payoff for continuing it, it will  
continue, and evidently some of those on the sidelines find it  
entertaining as well. Thus, this bizarre world of email discussion  
will obviously do what it will do. And I'm babbling on here for no  
good reason and will now stop and take my own advice from this point  
forward until I relapse and start bitching about it again.