rickman wrote in :

Do you guys not get that this is the sort of conversation he actually
seeks? When you continue to respond to him, you give him what he seeks
and so he continues to post.



I do now. I asked directly if he really wants to grow old and bitter and die
that way. He does. Well, forewarened is forearmed. Though why this has to
infest Usenet so insiduously, so vigorously, I don't know. Maybe that new 2-
year prsison sentence on trolling really is going to be useful, after all
there is no existing equivalent to the 'retraining order' applying to the
internet, so far as I know. If this crap had been happening in the street,
the coppers would have cleared it up years ago.

"Lostgallifreyan" wrote in message
.. .
I do now. I asked directly if he really wants to grow old and bitter and
die
that way. He does.

Well, it is you who is originating bitterness, and not I.