Danny wrote: "Trolling is a form of vandalism. This could justly be
interpretted as trolling. (I am reminded of the constant edit wars with Helga, which cost Wikipedia quite a lot in terms of time and people who were disgusted and left)
Danny is absolutely right.. at least to the degree that a vague term can, somehow (in some vague way) be somewhat related to another vague term... thats all. The idea sounds very very Orwellian, and I would suggest it comes as a natural result of babysitter's fatigue, from dealing with people like Helga and Susan.. Michael... etc... However, its not all on anyone shoulders. A degree of trust in our fellow man seems to be necessary to break away from our concerns, and allow others to fill roles we had previously found for ourselves... Myself, have to admit that the desire to increasingly escalate the efficiency of reprimanding measures can be inviting... but theres a slippery-slope quality to this kind of thinking.
Incidentally, I had a reasonably civil conversation with Michael... I said I like beans, and he said "me too"... which kinda puts a hole in the notion that he's not capable of civility. -SV