Talking to your kid about "the n- word".

Oh, THIS is the thread that was talking about voting down trolls. I didn't know you could do that until Robert mentioned it above. Then I noticed the resident troll's most recent post was rated, I think, -4. I gave it another thumbs down and it disappeared entirely, not even that little "below threshhold" notice, or whatever it is. That seemed interesting, so i went back and thumbs-downed the most recent half-dozen or so of his posts (all also rated down in negative numbers) and they vanished too. What does that mean?

Did they just disappear from this topic?
Did all his posts disappear, or just the ones I clicked?
Did they only disappear for me, or in everybody else's screens too?
Does he get booted if his approval rating drops below a certain point,
or does it have to be done over and over again?

Eorl wrote:

Words can be powerful weapons and she may need them to physically defend herself one day. it.

For purposes of physical defense,
it behooves a citizen to carefully analyze
which means will most reliably accomplish the job of self-preservation.
My own consideration of this question resulted in a 2 inch .44 special revolver, loaded with hollowpointed slugs to optimize energy dump within the target;

I doubt that verbal antagonism is sufficiently reliable to get the job done.

Eorl wrote:

Words can be powerful weapons and she may need them
to physically defend herself one day.

For purposes of physical defense,
it behooves a citizen to carefully analyze
which means will most reliably accomplish the job of self-preservation.
My own consideration of this question resulted in a 2 inch .44 special revolver,
loaded with hollowpointed slugs to optimize energy dump within the target;

I doubt that verbal antagonism is sufficiently reliable to get the job done.

Every little bit helps. I'm also augmenting her linguistic arsenal with a little art... of the martial variety.