From: Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell(a)gmail.com>
On 6/16/05, JAY JG <jayjg(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
[only replying in part because I too am tired with the thread...]
That wasn't baiting, that was mocking; with
any luck, it will stop
futher
impassioned e-mails repeating the same thing ad
nauseam. If it doesn't
work, I'll have to resort to mass deletion of unread e-mails, as I have
had
to do so many times in the past.
Okay so you're mocking someone and expecting them to say, "Oh, you
know .. you're right, I'm a complete moron and I'll change my ways",
or "now you've hurt my feelings and I'll go away". How often does that
work?
No, I'm mocking someone in the hopes that they'll see how ridiculous they
are, and will shut up rather than exposing themselves to further
embarassment.
Human nature says we respond when we are attacked. At
best such
behavior fuels the fire, and at worst it encourages ill will and makes
you look like a jerk.
"Jane" has been attacking for a long time now, my e-mail isn't going to make
that any worse. And it is defending trolls, rather than defending
Wikipedia, that makes people look like jerks.
I don't believe that you can solve your email
volume problem by
sending more emails.
I'm going to help solve it by not responding to your e-mails on this topic
either.
Jay.