On 23/09/2019 20:23, Nick Andre -> David Drummond wrote:

 DD>> Obviously the trolls do not agree with you. Is your opinion more valid
than
 DD>> theirs?

 NA> Nah... Not any more valid when I hear about US politics when I'm not
 NA> American. Sure, I can skip that nonsense.

You live in the Americas yet you are not American? Then again, I acknowledge
that I live in Australia yet I am not Australian...

 NA> Hitting the Next key is a valid response... But when that becomes a
frequent
 NA> occurance, I believe I am not alone when I ask, *why is the troll even
 NA> here*, when such troll could find much more fulfilling enjoyment trolling
on the
 NA> Internet? Go troll the comment section of pro-Trump websites for example?

Could it be that their hobby is trolling in Fidonet? Just because something
does not appeal to you doesn't mean that it doesn't appeal to others.

 NA> Fido is such a small silly hobby that a fraction of the world still
enjoys...

Including certain trolls?

 NA> the fact that we have a troll, its really just a sad expression of that
 NA> person's emotional unbalance. Possibly alcohol, a dead wife, who knows?

Or just a different mindset to yours?

 NA> Again... we are a small enough network, a community of sorts... its been
well
 NA> proven that you can run a "free speech system" from which a troll can post
 NA> and usurp an Echo. But really, whats the end goal supposed to be? Are we
 NA> all supposed to be impressed? Lets clap our hands for your free speech,
when
 NA> the rest of the Sysops of this small network are just fed up turned off?

Bigger fools them. They do not have to read the troll's posts. We all have next
keys, we all have filtering methods.

 NA> If your response is going to be "Just hit next", then I feel the point is
 NA> being missed; *We shouldn't have to hit Next because we are a silly hobby
 NA> network in 2019 that is lucky to have a Next key*...

Then institute a filter. Why is your enjoyment of your hobby any more important
than the troll's enjoyment of his/hers?

 NA> and keep in mind I defended against Bob Seaborn's attempted silly
censorship of your messages.

And yet his censorship was instituted. I am sure that there are sysops out
there who still do not get to see my "pearls of wisdom". That is their choice.
I used to filter certain parties too - but I have mellowed as I have got older.
I can read stuff now and not get my knickers in a twist. However, those
knickers still get a little bunched up when I see some demanding that others
conform to their draconian ideals...

As was mentioned in Monty Python's "Life of Brian", "we are all individuals".
How boring would it be if we all thought and acted exactly the same?

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Regards
David

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