On 12/5/06, Phil Boswell phil.boswell@gmail.com wrote:
Guettarda wrote:
But the list was organised to avoid a specific problem
- women feeling uncomfortable posting to this male-dominated list where
explicitly sexist statements (even if they weren't meant seriously) are left unchallenged by a large number of people.
So "don't feed the trolls" is not universal advice?
Could somebody provide a list of topics on which it is safe to flame the trolls, please, because I'm sure there are plenty who'd be happy to oblige. -- Phil
At the time it looked like misogyny, not trolling. Tolerance of things like that is probably one of the things that make some women unwilling to post to this list. You can't judge things on the basis of who says it. The fact that I respect Alphax's opinion (in general) and think that he's often one of the more sensible people posting to this list is all the more reason to call him on the statement he made.
"Don't feed the trolls" is a meaningless cliche, especially in this context. "Silence is consent" is far more applicable.
Ian