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From: Tim Bradshaw <t...@cley.com>
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Subject: Re: The toxicity of trolls
Date: 26 Sep 2002 14:20:28 +0100
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* Will Deakin wrote:
> Tim wrote:
> I actually somewhat disagree with this. 

Yes, so do I.  I am in multiple minds about it (Do I contradict
myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain
multitudes.)).

> What do you do then? How do you tell whether things are amusing or
> not? Or do you not post things that are attempts at humour? Usenet
> would be a much duller place without the humour and the `open-mike'
> posting!

Well, I guess the trick is to have some concern as to whether other
people might find them funny rather than just posting stuff to amuse
myself by causing ilias to foam...

--tim