@Blickers,
Quote:Clearly he meant trolling in the way of personal attacks, not trolling as going slightly off-topic.
It's why I said it could quite reasonably be argued that I engage in
a species of trolling. And as I said, I think of it that way, but with the proviso that we understand different types of the thing. John Cleese once recounted an incident where their TV show, just aired, contained some skit involving the Queen Mom being crushed by a load of fish or something like that. And when the exited the studio one night after filming for the new show, an elderly lady was waiting and began to beat them with her umbrella. Cleese said that verified for them they were doing it right.
There are fine reasons to cause offense and lousy reasons to do it. There are responsible motivations behind some acts of disruption and really awful motivations behind others. One has to sort this stuff out but a key clue here is noting that almost all humorists are liberal-minded. Another clue is that the really dangerous people are the ones who are very, very serious as a matter not of circumstance but of personality.
Quote:blatham's postings on the right wing "scandal" machine are pretty much on topic.
One simply cannot properly understand modern American politics without appreciating this element. This is key. Thanks, Blickers.
