Just a thought....but surely by you, as a regular member and poster on
rec.ponds, joining in with the trolls fed them far more than any
individual that decided to respond after getting heated and
frustrated....and what could be more destructive and beneficial to the
trolls to have a regular, respected poster take their side and in fact
prove his ability to troll way over what they wanted or expected?????

Now in replying to you most will say I'm answering a troll....nah, I
don't think so.....but I'm sure at least one person will perpetuate this
by asking if I know who I am talking to (oh and do I check headers???? -
grrrr).

If people want to post on Usenet they take the rough with the
smooth....initially when I saw what was happening on rec.ponds I used
kill-files - now I don't touch them at all....my brain can filter the
cr*p and I would hope most should be intelligent enough to do this as
well....the kill-file is a friend of the troll allowing them to
manipulate people into blocking those that they really want to
read....used in anger to block those with valid points just because they
dare air their views.....anyone who uses kill-files has no understanding
of what has been going on with rec.ponds....but JMO....

And yes, on the use of the word "PLONK" - a two finger salute made by
those that deem themselves above saying what they really think using the
anglo-saxon we can all relate to.....PLONK means nothing but everything
at the same time - those that say it have no intention of putting
someone in their kill-files.....as I said, it is a two finger salute put
verbally and slightly more politely than what they really
mean.....resorting to playground tactics when all else fails....now this
is not the fault of these people....the blame lies firmly with those
that introduced these games and those perpetuating them by joining in

Gill