Posted by dorayme on 10/09/07 02:37

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...

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.

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dorayme

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