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What does a freely accessible list do about trolls? This question always elicits a variety of opinion. Responding to them can certainly be a fruitless and frustrating exercise and can also become a big time sink and even an obsession in itself. This no doubt leads many to the conclusion that its best to simply ignore trolls. I understand this position but don't quite agree. Responding does help to sharpen how you think and helps to review your own value systems. It is therefore marginally less pointless than not responding. Sure, it does occupy bandwidth that can annoy many other list dwellers, and yes it does fuel the troll ego. As the main, and probably only, benefit of responding is a personal one, perhaps these would be better conducted off list. nuff said? Andrew Andrew Simpson Science Museums Division of Environmental and Life Sciences Macquarie University NSW 2109 ph (61 2) 98508183 fax (61 2) 98509671 email: asimpson@els.mq.edu.au http://www.museums.mq.edu.au "The economy is a wholly owned subsidiary of the environment" >>> pblake@dme.qld.gov.au 09/06/01 07:38am >>> I guess this is paleonet's first major troll. Other than one other loony earlier this year claiming that non-science (i.e. creationism) should be taught in science class you do not get too many losers on this list. Troll spotting is an aquired art and learning to ignore them takes even more practice. ^_^ Regards Paul Blake Hi All, I am really disappointed about the degree of interest that this bit of absurdity has generated. The next time such nonsense comes in on the paleonet lets have the collective good sense to hit the delete button. Pristis@aol.com wrote: <snip> -- Prof. Ronald L. Parsley Department of Geology Tulane University New Orleans, Louisiana 70118 Phone: (504) 862-3191 FAX: (504) 865-5199 e-mail <parsley@tulane.edu>
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