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Pascal

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Carnaubawax said:
I think that there's a fair bit of hypocrisy in the usage of the term, Troll. I'm not pointing the finger at you, by the way. It just seems that some people cannot handle much opposition to their views, and fall back to the "He's a Troll - ban him" position, because they're feeling the heat. As far as i'm concerned, anybody can say anything they like. I must confess that I like it now and again when debate gets over heated and a bit out of control.

One thing we can be absolutely sure of is that the validity of Hubbardism - or the lack of it, will not be established here.

Oooh - I think my TA's floating... Great way to start the weekend...

Prosper:)
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Yep Troll is used here like Fag is used in high schools all over the world to have people shun you. Covert domination by the cowardly.
 
Pascal

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uniquemand said:
Godwin's rule/law applies. You can express your opinions and your views without tripping hot-buttons to cause emotional reactions and obscure the expressed thought.

I might say that I perceive what you are saying as overly controlling (I don't, but for this example, let it roll), and then cite reasons why, and then make a statement about overly controlling people not being emotionally healthy, and then cite references as to why I consider this to be the case. That would be discussion. OR, I could say you're a fascist, and compare you to Hitler. Both are ways of making the same sort of point, but the second way is TROLLING.
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I have been guilty of making jokes that some people at tone bands where A=A=A=A have perceived as attempts to derail threads maybe, hence they call me a Troll.
 
Voltaire's Child

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PMD said:
I have been guilty of making jokes that some people at tone bands where A=A=A=A have perceived as attempts to derail threads maybe, hence they call me a Troll.
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And if you didn't make jokes, some of them would be all like "blah blah humorless Scieno." Aren't Catch22s fun?
 
Voltaire's Child

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KnightVision said:
OK, here is the definition of a Troll:

An Internet troll, or simply troll in Internet slang, is someone who posts controversial and irrelevant or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum or chat room, with the intention of provoking other users into an emotional response[1] or to generally disrupt normal on-topic discussion.

Now if ANYBODY is doing this no matter what they believe or practice... they are a TROLL. PITBULL is a TROLL.

Others on this board and elsewhere who otherwise have decent intentions are still capable of committing Troll infractions. When ever Troll defined activity is detected it can and perhaps should be identified as such.

What's important is to understand what the troll does, why he does it and how to avoid falling into his trap.

It's that easy.

If you detect a troll, you can simply quote his post in yours and write:

TROLL: DO NOT FEED.



Further in terms of Scilons showing up and tooting Scn.... IMO they should be vigorously confronted and directed towards defining their assertions as FICTION, NON-FICTION, or SCIENCE-FICTION.

The practice of Scn. has left way too much damage and blood in it's trail; responsible members and ex-members alike have a burden of proof to produce before they advocate to others anything Scn; when they carelessly toot it based on unverifiable (meaning outside objective testing) attained abilities... it is only logical and rational that their statements be shredded down to objectively observable truth.
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PMD's been posting here a long time and isn't any more provocative or teasing than some other forum regulars here. And hey, you put up with some of us Scn'ists, right? I mean, I get that not everyone thinks Scn is cool or good and many people here think it's very bad. And that's FINE that people think that. It really really really is. But accusing people of being trolls because they have a minority viewpoint isn't really cricket. The thing to do is to just discuss what the person is saying that one doesn't agree with and wishes to rebut.

I did a poll- demographis- you can search it, if you want. At the time, the demographics were roughly 50/50 as to who may still use some Scn in his or her life and who doesn't at all. Almost every single one of the former were NOT with CofS. It happens, there are people like that here and not just one or two.

There's room for everybody. Particularly if we go to the pub and put a lampshade on our head.
 
Pixie

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fluffy said:
PMD's been posting here a long time and isn't any more provocative or teasing than some other forum regulars here. And hey, you put up with some of us Scn'ists, right? I mean, I get that not everyone thinks Scn is cool or good and many people here think it's very bad. And that's FINE that people think that. It really really really is. But accusing people of being trolls because they have a minority viewpoint isn't really cricket. The thing to do is to just discuss what the person is saying that one doesn't agree with and wishes to rebut.

I did a poll- demographis- you can search it, if you want. At the time, the demographics were roughly 50/50 as to who may still use some Scn in his or her life and who doesn't at all. Almost every single one of the former were NOT with CofS. It happens, there are people like that here and not just one or two.

There's room for everybody. Particularly if we go to the pub and put a lampshade on our head.
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^^^^^THIS^^^^^
 
Pascal

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Carnaubawax said:
By 2.5 you mean DM's height - right?






I wonder how much he enjoys being a figure of fun....
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LOL, might as well say yes!

Does anyone know if all of DM's family is short? Something tells me it's him as a being that makes that ugly body of his small. He reminds me of space opera dolls, all pompous and cruel with the meat bodies, especially when no OTs were around to show em who's really boss.
 
Carnaubawax

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PMD said:
LOL, might as well say yes!

Does anyone know if all of DM's family is short? Something tells me it's him as a being that makes that ugly body of his small. He reminds me of space opera dolls, all pompous and cruel with the meat bodies, especially when no OTs were around to show em who's really boss.
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I hear what you're saying!

Dunno about the family, but his niece Jenna, is a pretty and sweet - natured young lady, and his brother seemed OK. DM actually looks to me like a two bit gangster - he even talks out of the side of his mouth like an old convict. He's of the "You dirty rat" school of management lol, if you remember Jimmy Cagney. Yeah, him and Moxon make a lovely pair of trouserless Supermen:omg:
 
Pascal

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Carnaubawax said:
I hear what you're saying!

Dunno about the family, but his niece Jenna, is a pretty and sweet - natured young lady, and his brother seemed OK. DM actually looks to me like a two bit gangster - he even talks out of the side of his mouth like an old convict. He's of the "You dirty rat" school of management lol, if you remember Jimmy Cagney. Yeah, him and Moxon make a lovely pair of trouserless Supermen:omg:
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Yes. He's always been a cruel envidious little man. Getting involved in "noble" endeavours to cover for his innate inadequacies. A glorified donkey who wishes he were a horse is what he is. Funny, Tom Cruise fits this description too, he who so wishes to be an actor yet doesn't have the potential for greatness in that league. Obsessive little runts. Oh what a glorious day the day where order prevails and both these dopes end up where they belong.

:yes: :yes: :yes: :yes: :yes: :yes: <--- BT posse agreeing
 
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PMD said:
Yes. He's always been a cruel envidious little man. Getting involved in "noble" endeavours to cover for his innate inadequacies. A glorified donkey who wishes he were a horse is what he is. Funny, Tom Cruise fits this description too, he who so wishes to be an actor yet doesn't have the potential for greatness in that league. Obsessive little runts. Oh what a glorious day the day where order prevails and both these dopes end up where they belong.

:yes: :yes: :yes: :yes: :yes: :yes: <--- BT posse agreeing
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:roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:

... do you think you should start saying what you REALLY mean ? :)
 
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