Trolling (was Re: ATD: cover seal)

[Paul Mackin]

On Nov 1, 2006, at 9:54 PM, Keith McMullen wrote:

> 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

yes you are, but I feel a punch line coming . . .


> and will now stop and take my own advice from this point forward  
> until I relapse and start bitching about it again.

ah . . . .