Originally posted by Drewster
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'twas just a thought.
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didn't mean to ignore ignore...just meant to not rise to his juvenile attempts to wind people up. If he doesn't get any replies maybe he'll run along and play somewhere else?
'twas just a thought.Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God? - Epicurus -
Ooh is this thread still going, looks like its filled with exactly what I was talking about. All negative hate posts, nothing interesting or of any value to the average contractor. I guess that there is no hope for this site then??
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"See, you think I give a tulip. Wrong. In fact, while you talk, I'm thinking; How can I give less of a tulip? That's why I look interested."Comment
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I know that Trolls and Sockpuppets tend to be universally reviled and loathed wherever they lay their ugly hats, but, on reflection, perhaps we should welcome them with open arms.
Now, before I receive a jolly good botty spanking, I'd like to put forward my case for the defence.
You see, up and down the land, thousands of forums like this one (well not exactly like this one, but you get my drift) are performing a daily public service by providing a place for these poor unfortunates and social retards to spout their meaningless drivel.
Why is this a good thing ?
Well, the alternative is far too hideous to contemplate, but just imagine if you will that these mysterious personas behind the trolls and sockpuppet avatars were actually loose on the streets, frightening small children, scaring the horses and trying to communicate with real, living human beings ?
Can you imagine the sheer carnage ?
The very thought that you may have to interact with one such individual in the real world ?
CUK, and many other forums across the land perform a valuable service.
We are a refuge for the raving, a haven for the hysterical, and a sanctuary for the senseless.
For every minute that they are posting there, there is one less minute that they are bothering someone in the real world.
In the 1990's, every bus had the man in a mac, rocking back and forth muttering to himself.
Nowadays, with the advent of the Internet, those men on the buses are now posting on forums instead. You almost never see them on out in public anymore.
The Interweb may be many things, but it has a social heart, and keeps most of the crazies off the streets, and for that we should be thankful.Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
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Perhaps you could leave, and raise the average, troll?Originally posted by pzz76077 View PostMy all-time favourite Dilbert cartoon, this is: BTW, a Dumpster is a brand of skip, I think.Comment
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