Raj Feridun wrote:
> On 31 Mar 2005 06:11:26 -0800, "John W." <worthj1970@yahoo.com>
wrote:
>
> >> >We need new blood, of the non-troll type.
>
> >> Heil Ernest. What a fine moderator you'd make! I, for one,
nominate
> >> you. Such an eye for quality humans you have.
>
> >Being blunt I think part of the problem is that folks here used to
be
> >able to hold a decent thread together without constantly resorting
to
> >comments such as yours above. Certainly things could get rowdy and
> >downright mean, but used to be we really just had Kevin as the
primary
> >insulting ass. Now it seems to be the trend.
>
> >John W.
>
> Thank you for your bluntness. I'm no fan of the trolls in this group
> either.
>
> By the way I'm curious as to how you perceived my post to be mean and
> insulting? Sarcastic, yes, but heartfelt and certainly not intended
to
> be mean.
>
> Given his druthers I'm sure Ernie would love to moderate here. He's a
> pompous ass who is very much in the habit of trying to belittle and
> defame anyone who disagrees with him. Worse, he actually fancies
> himself superior to others just because he's a lawyer. Gowen's a
> smartass with messed up politics but hardly in Ernie's league
> obnoxious-wise.
>
Sarcasm is very often mean, whether that's the intent or not. Anytime a
person posts something with no intent other than to insult, egg on,
make fun of (surely you can see that in your post), etc. then it's
definitely leaning towards mean. I used to have a hard time with this,
but these days if I don't want to 'converse' (so to speak) with someone
here I simply don't reply to their posts. I think a lot of people have
started doing this which is probably why the volume of posts is down.

> Aside from those two and the obvious Outland-ish trolls I have due
> respect for every single other member of this group present company
> included.
>
Ernie and Gowen are apples and oranges; but maybe I've just not
interacted with the former as much as the latter to notice.

John W.