From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2005-04-23T08:33:52+09:00
Subject: Re: Ilias is Crazy -- a plea

craig duncan wrote:
> 
> 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.
> 

Quite right. And I for one respectfully suggest it to all.

I also suggest that the person sending private emails re: this should
cease, as his efforts are understandable but may not be helping.

And likewise I suggest that the person responding publicly to those
private emails should stop, regardless of whether the other person
stops.

I hate sending emails to this list that don't even have the word
"Ruby" in them (oh, wait, there it is) or even a single line of
code such as x = nil (oh, wait, there it is).


Hal