On Mon, 15 Jul 2013 Sacha wrote:

On 2013-07-15 08:44:14 +0100, David Rance said:

On Mon, 15 Jul 2013 Sacha wrote:

All good points, David. I have no idea what 'fun' people get out of
those but perhaps their raison d'etre is simply to be a pain in the
fundament.

The "fun" is in being able to control others. There are control
freaks in all walks of life and I've no doubt you've met some of them
from time to time. The fun here is in provoking others to squabble
through misunderstandings. Such people have very low self-confidence
and have to get their kicks by being an irritant to others. The fact
that others can be easily annoyed by them is their reward. That's why
you're right in saying they should be ignored.

Unfortunately, it seems that one genuine poster will be ignored when
she may be entirely innocent. Frankly, I've lost the connection between
who is which and who is t'other and I doubt many will bother to look at
headers every time, so in effect, they'll all be ignored!

In which case, the troublemakers will have succeeded.

David

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David Rance writing from Caversham, Reading, UK