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  Troll Alert
 
Definition: troll (trol) verb To post a message in a newsgroup or other online conference in the hopes that somebody else will consider the original message so outrageous that it demands a heated reply. ~~~...~~~ For further consideration, the use (...) (22 years ago, 29-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Troll Alert
 
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Marchetti writes: <snip> Good advice but the problem I have is that you can (in this debate) apply that definition to a number of people... some more than others, maybe but we all have preconceived notions, ne? (...) (22 years ago, 29-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Troll Alert
 
I think it is possible to discuss things and disagree in a civil manner. I do it in real life all the time. I think I have done it here before. I hate to use a pop psychology term here, but all I ask of other participants that they "fight fair." In (...) (22 years ago, 29-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Troll Alert
 
(...) Helpful example: (URL) (22 years ago, 29-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Troll Alert
 
(...) debate Richard was referring to you. Your posts seem to fit his definition well, HIS posts on the other hand have not fit that definition at all. However I am not sure I agree with his characterization of you (if that is what was intended by (...) (22 years ago, 30-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  One Nation (Under God) Indivisible, With Liberty...(was: Re: Troll Alert)
 
(...) Hey, that's how I felt about the Troll Alert-- funny, but not very useful;-) I suspect that in this current (...) I gathered. Your posts seem to fit his definition (...) Thank you for recognizing that fact. Of course I'm not a troll, and while (...) (22 years ago, 1-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: One Nation (Under God) Indivisible, With Liberty...(was: Re: Troll Alert)
 
(...) Hah! Who says .debate is useless??? I've learnt a new word today! It's up to you to guess which one.... ROSCO FUT: .o-t.fun (22 years ago, 1-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
  Re: One Nation (Under God) Indivisible, With Liberty...(was: Re: Troll Alert)
 
Well, if you were someone we've been debating with, that new word would obviously be "freedoms", since he has absolutely no clue whatsoever about the meaning of the word from his statements to date. (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home (...) (22 years ago, 1-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: One Nation (Under God) Indivisible, With Liberty...(was: Re: Troll Alert)
 
(...) I dunno, Rosco, that word sounds suspiciously Strine to me.... Maggie C. (22 years ago, 1-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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