Trolls represent human's basic nature

Man is inherently good...but easily corruptible.

You mean psychopathy, right?

What makes you think trolls are representative of the rest of humanity? We have a relatively small number of them on this site. What about the rest of us?

Where in his post did he say that???

I doubt that trolls consider themselves in any way bad. For the most part, I think they are doing what would be considered "teasing" if they were with you in person.

We're only quasi-anonymous online. Could knock on people's doors with very little effort and no illegal hacking whatsoever. We volunteer so much information, much of it seemingly innocuous, than anyone reasonably intelligent can piece it together and come up with a general idea where people are, and with a willingness to find out specificly, do so.

As to trolls, would say they represent only the emotionally stunted immature users of the internet who have no other outlet for their frustrations. Too with drawn or socially inept, they vent their dissatisfaction online because they know what would happen if they did it in person.

Disagree. Think we're basicly evil and only kept in check by laws, but despite laws will do whatever we believe we can get away with. As with exceeding posted speed limits after glancing around for police.

"Give a man a mask and he'll tell you the truth." - Oscar Wilde

The internet is the mask, and when people 'wear it' the usual social rules and conventions no longer apply and you hear from the real them.

In person, people fear being hit in the face so pull their verbal punches and don't get out of line as much. Online they lack that fear and you get the uncensored version.

i'm more a contrarian than a troll, i have few if any beliefs, so i tend to mock and deride many things, i've done this most of my life, (50+ years) in school and in real life long before there was an internet

luckily i'm an easy enough going guy i haven't yet been punched in the face, but i've come close in bar arguments of my youth

good and bad, and morals, are inherently subjective.
i think people take internet communication too seriously. it's not an extension of real life - largely due to the inherent disconnect.