On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 02:06:55 -0700, "Richard Henry"  
 wrote: 
  
 > 
 >"Russ Allbery"  wrote in message 
 >news:878ybg868e.fsf@windlord.stanford.edu... 
 >> Richard Henry  writes: 
 >> > "Russ Allbery"  wrote: 
 >> 
 >> >> Constantly responding to trolls with the same post is one of the most 
 >> >> obnoxious things that I think the non-trolls can do. 
 > 
 >Would it be better to post a three-sentence response, varying the order of 
 >the sentences each time? 
  
 No. 
  
 >Would that avoid a TOS call? 
  
 Possibly. 
  
  
  
 >> This is very old ground, well-trod in the net-abuse groups years ago, and 
 >> your opinion is not the consensus of either news administrators or spam 
 >> cancellers. 
 > 
 >Opinion.  Or are you the spokesperson for that group? 
  
 He's someone who has read hundreds of discussions on the topic, as 
 have I and many of the regulars.  He doesn't have to be the 
 spokesperson to report on the well-known consensus. 
  
 If you think it's just one man's opinion (or two or three or seven 
 people's) , you are welcome to research the discussions on Google. 
  
 BW 
  
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