In article , anne
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Why does what I say above "quite properly define" me as a troll? Also Franz,
we went through a conversation re this at the time and it was sorted or so I
thought. Quite a few people lose their rag at times in here, that certainly
doesn't make them a troll. If I was interested in doing so, I could probably
search for posts on google and copy them out here, out of context, and make
the person who wrote them look pretty bad also.

Anne, I don't believe you are a troll - I don't believe you are posting
purely for the fun of stirring up hostile reactions.

On the other hand I find comments like the ones I quoted quite
offensive, in that you are not reacting strongly specifically to the
person who has annoyed you, but applying a set of abusive terms to a
whole group of people.

You may not have intended your diatribe to have been aimed at me, and
yet, as a member of the middle classes, I feel you are describing me
*personally* as petty, moaning, boring, unbelievably tedious and shite.
You are quite entitled to your opinion of course, but I am equally
entitled to my opinion that you have not shown goodwill towards me, and
therefore I am not overly concerned about your complaint that I am not
friendly to you.
--
Kay Easton

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http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm