On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 12:04:22 +0000 (UTC), Bertie the Bunyip
wrote in :

Larry Dighera wrote in
:

On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 03:02:00 +0000 (UTC), Bertie the Bunyip
wrote in :

I solved this problem by kill filtering Bertie shortly after
filtering MX. With MX filtered I was still seeing virtually all of
his posts since Bertie lacks the self-control to refrain from
responding it every single post MX makes. Once I filtered them
both, things returned almost to normal ... at least as normal as
r.a.p gets these days.


Why would I want to restrain myself? I only came here to troll him in
the first place..

Bertie

How does your trolling Mr. A. contribute to improving the newsgroup's
signal to noise ratio?



It doesn't.

So you publicly admit that your intent in stalking Mr. A. is to
negatively impact the quality of the newsgroup by lowering the
newsgroup's signal-to-noise ratio?

Why would you imagine it would?

Because a good netizen worthy of participation in this
world's-most-egalitarian-forum strives to improve Usenet as part of
the implicit licence granted to Usenet participants by the computer
system owners who freely donate their valuable labor and computing
resources for the noble cause that is Usenet. Usenet provides an
opportunity for mankind to demonstrate our capacity for
self-governance, the foundation of democracy. If instead we embrace
anarchy and devolution, we pathetically, publicly, parade our low,
uncivilized, brutish, feral and undignified ignobility before the
world, and shame those praiseworthy creators of Usenet upon whose
faith in the honorable capacity of mankind to act responsibly and
enlightened it rests.

You;re not to smart, are you Larry?


My head may stuffed with straw, but fortunately I am smart enough not
to resort to insults in a feeble attempt to demean those who expose my
faults, for personal attacks only serve to reveal a lack of expressive
ability and cognitive resources.


Bertie