Mike Coslo wrote:
Leo wrote:
On Sun, 09 Jan 2005 15:24:07 -0500, Mike Coslo
wrote:
Leo wrote:
On 09 Jan 2005 04:51:35 GMT, (Lenof21) wrote:
In article , Leo
writes:
On Sat, 08 Jan 2005 15:36:59 -0800 (PST), "Phil Kane"
wrote:
On 08 Jan 2005 21:31:53 GMT, N2EY wrote:
Lenof21 wrote:
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Some even enter a batch of posts on a variety of subjects,
apparently
hoping to get sonething on the hook.......what's the word for that
again...? 
To imagine anyone on Usenet would do that. 8^)
.....found it - "Trolling" - that's the word I was looking for!
Here is a bit of a question. I had started a number of these threads
recently in order to get some newsgroup related activities going,
because in December the group simply was losing ground to the wild
and
whacky adventures of some West Virginia hams, and some others of
indeterminate origin, but of the sort to turn us into a clone of
r.r.a.misc. So far, It has had its intended effect, to get some
discussion going.
So was that a troll?
Not that I can see.
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Note: All those wonderful braggarts are PCTA extra.
Is one of them Mike Deignan? If so, Len is wrong *again*,
because ol' Mike was/is for the elimination of the Morse Code test.
At least that's what he wrote in his comments to the FCC.
They can say
anything, write anything, do anything in here and are absolved
from ANY
criticism. Should they be taken to task, the task-taker is
soundly
objected to with endearing personal perjoratives having little
to do with
the subject.
Ipso facto, with a few exceptions - there are several OMs here who
are
quite civil, knowledgeable and conversational, and do not possess
the
NetNanny gene.....
Len obviously isn't one of them ;-)
It's a plain simple fact that all NCTA in here are always wrong,
no matter
what they write on anything. No one who is of the NCTA
persuasion
should bother debating the subject in here. The matter is
closed and all
NCTA are forever wrong, incorrect, and probably have underarm
odor.
.....and skinned knuckles!
Here's a challenge, Leo, if you're up to it.
Name the PCTA's in here (active) that have called NCTA's by such
names.
I'll give you a start:
Steve is pretty famous for name calling.
Great idea! - that would certainly get a nice warm flamefest going,
wouldn't it?
Request respectfully declined.
And since this subthread turned into a Mike and Jim "tag-team"
thing,
where do our names show up in that list? When have I called anyone
a
nasty name? I don't think Jim ever has either.
note: I will admit the one time I called Len "Lennie". No insult
was
intended, but he didn't like it, so I stopped.
Hmmm - maybe you're one of the exceptions?
Your pal was doing just fine too, until he decided to start using
profanities in his posts.
Do you mean me, Leo?
If so - when have I called Len a nasty name? Or anyone else here?
Specific instances, please.
To claim that another is speaking
"bull$#!+" is to directly infer that they are a "bull$#!+ter".
Actually it would be "to imply". The listener/reader draws the
inference.
I admit, that was a bit odd. I'm known to drop the very occasional
off
colored word, but only for effect.
"Sometimes the pool-pah defies the efforts to describe it".
I think if you compare the nasty names Len has called me, with the
names I have
called him, you will see a distinct contrast. Unless you consider "Len"
and "Mr. Anderson" to be nasty names.
Acgeed that this example does not meet your specification of "PCTA
vs
NCTA", but as I said earlier it's more about personalities than it
is
about affiliation.
And character.
Well sure.
Some people take the correction of their mistakes as an insult. I
don't.
73 de Jim, N2EY