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Posted by dorayme on 10/09/07 03:04
In article <DJCdnVHnZs2McpfanZ2dnUVZ_uSgnZ2d@comcast.com>,
Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote:
> dorayme wrote:
> > In article <zsOdnZjDXe0xf5fanZ2dnUVZ_ozinZ2d@comcast.com>,
> > Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote:
> >
> >> dorayme wrote:
> >>> In article <WqKdnWcxftV2XpfanZ2dnUVZ_j6dnZ2d@comcast.com>,
> >>> Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> A typical troll - always trying to change the subject when you don't
> >>>> have a good response.
> >>> You can profile trolls?
> >>>
> >> There are some things common to almost all trolls - like trying to
> >> change the subject when you pin them down.
> >
> > You claim that it is a necessary (as distinct from a sufficient
> > condition)? OK. Let's go along with this for a mo. It still does
> > not mean Travis is a troll. There needs to be other conditions
> > too. I am sensitive to any one trying to beat Travis up. I am
> > possessive about Republicans. If there is a beating to be done of
> > them, I am badly wanting the job...
> >
>
> That's fine. But if he had an argument, he wouldn't keep trying to
> claim someone else's opinion was irrelevant and try to change the subject.
>
> > Anyway, I think you are quite wrong in a fundamental sense. You
> > have an unsophisticated view of trolling. My experience is that
> > the prima facie non-troll folk do the subject changing after the
> > initial (admittedly trollish) change in the thread. Let me
> > perfectly blunt: in a troll's sub-branch, I have detected as much
> > subject changing initiatives among the non trolls as among the
> > trolls.
> >
>
> Quite frankly, I don't give a damn. I have challenged him ...
Ah! Changing the subject!
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dorayme
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