Re: OMLET: Oracle Monitoring Sunny Side Up!

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu>
Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 16:56:25 -0800
Message-ID: <1100393706.566846@yasure>

Bricklen wrote:

> DA Morgan wrote:
> 

>> Bricklen wrote:
>>
>>> Ed prochak wrote:
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>>> The fact that you have been repeatedly told so merely serves to
>>>> enforce the opinion that you are a SPAMMER.
>>>>
>>>> ed
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> So why continue to add to the noise?
>>
>>
>>
>> Because not doing so gives the uncivilized troll an exclusive
>> license to do that forbidden to everyone else. I'd rather see
>> him exposed for what he is than ignored. I am not responding
>> as I was requested not to. But I don't agree that giving him
>> a license to spam and troll is a solution any more than I
>> believe surrendering to a schoolyard bully the right thing to
>> do.

> 
> I am certainly not advocating spam in these newsgroups. My point 
> _directly_ concerns responding to omlet, who as we all know, will not 
> heed our requests to piss off. Ed is not a newbie to these fora.

I agree that he will ignore any attempt to cultivate civility and culture. That said ... we still pin a note on the North Korean's every year just to make sure everyone knows that we know what they are. And no one but a fool would expect doing so to change their behavior.

The only thing I woulc advocate doing is flooding Yahoo with abuse complaints until they kill his access. Perhaps everyone would be willing to do that in lieu of doing anything in these groups.

-- 
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
(replace 'x' with 'u' to respond)

Received on Sat Nov 13 2004 - 18:56:25 CST