Let's play Whack-A-Troll

[me03w at riseup.net]

This group is supposedly Anarchist-leaning. Is there a better place to 
see how a group can police itself than this historical mailing list? 
Please forgive the use of the word "police" :).

It seems obvious to me, and confirmed by other discussion on this list, 
that ZH is a troll.
a) He is off-topic.
b) He doesn't make coherent, logical arguments.
c) He makes noise to imply that he enjoys your pain.
d) He has confessed that he is really a 10 year old boy who hasn't found 
out how to masturbate to relieve his tension.

Why not do what the wise people say and "don't feed the trolls" (this 
means DO NOT REPLY)? Do not reply even if he sends nazi propaganda. Do 
not reply if he tortures cats. Do not reply even if he misspells your 
name. Do not reply with logical arguments. Do not reply with kindness. 
Do not reply! It's called shunning. In personal life this can have 
devastating effect. I have doubts about the effectiveness here.

"Whack-a-troll"? If collective action here was effective, he would come 
back with another user name, and you would have to figure him out again. 
And of course, there are the other trolls already on the list.

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