David Longley wrote:
> In article <BOaid.52352$R05.30303 at attbi_s53>, patty
> <pattyNO at SPAMicyberspace.net> writes
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>> I suggest we trim newsgroups.
>>> And I suggest you refrain from posting unless you can show that you can
> really grasp what the poster is writing about rather than what you think
> it's about.
The sure sign of a troll is a long crossposting list. This is
done in an attempt to entice allies into the fray, because the
troll feels incompetent to argue a point on his own.
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"Don't you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the
range of thought? In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally
impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it."
-- George Orwell as Syme in "1984"