From: craig duncan <craig-duncan@...>
Date: 2005-04-23T06:10:34+09:00
Subject: Re: Ilias is Crazy -- a plea

Florian Frank wrote:
> Jon A. Lambert wrote:
> 
> 
>>Please remove me from your "Ilias is Crazy" email list campaign.
> 
> 
> This is not a list. It's a private mail you received and forwarded to a

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I think what might have been objected to (at least i would object to it) is any sort 
of implication that other people's decision about whether or not to respond to 
loons/trolls is not really a decision of their own conscience but can be forced upon 
them by other individuals -- including through the mechanism of (presumed) peer pressure.

Can we agree that experience shows that this situation *will* persist until virtually 
all people on this list decide (of their own accord, or because they don't mind 
giving in to peer pressure) that not feeding the trolls *is* the wisest course.  I 
would like to suggest, though, that no one assume that this decision can (or should) 
be forced on anyone.  Only, respectfully, suggested.

craig