On Thu, 08 Apr 2004 18:36:52 -0700, Karen Rodgers
wrote:

On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 00:15:01 GMT, "marengo"
wrote:

Why in the name of hell do these idiots hang around alt.support.low-carb if
they (a) are against low-carbing, and (b) are here to tear down, not
support, and (c) have absolutely nothing constructive to contribute?

It starts with boredom, then add in an axe to grind. Stir in the
illusion of being annonymous, and you get trolls. The general idea is
to stir up the hornet's nest to see what happens. My guess is that
it's a moron from the fat acceptance newsgroup who found us through
some other trolling idiot's crosspost.

Unfortunately, here, the hornets are smarter and faster than he
expected. The first appearence of our main troll (whom you have
nicknamed "Normal" though he's proven himself to be anything but..)
posting through extra.newsguy.com, seems to have made his first post
in late March under "luvmycarbs" or something like that. Starting
with the post "Atkins is a quack" then moving on to the ever so astute
observation, "Atkins is Dead." Morphed a few times did stupid stuff,
acted like a militant vegan/PETA moron, morphed again, and is now
posting screaming, angry posts that Atkins destroyed his marriage,
that we are cultists, and/or brainwashed. Before that he was claiming
that the late Dr. Atkins was in the pocket of the cattle industry,
and/or that his children are making tons of money off of his name.

He seems to be a glutton for punishment, he keeps getting soundly
trounced with facts, and he keeps coming back for more. (Not unlike
daring hornets to sting you, again, and again, and again, and then
having the nerve to be surprised when they do.) Now he's calling us
trolls in our own newsgroup. Doesn't understand (or pretends not to)
the basic rules of netiquette, doesn't understand (or pretends not to)
what "troll" means in usenet, and generally acting like an ass. Your
killfile may get pretty full of his sockpuppets before he crawls back
under a rock. Sooner, or later this too, shall pass.

While I've killfiled Chrono and Normal, it's unfortunate that thei
negative, condemnatory posts keep being copied and repeated by others.

Well, that's usenet for you. Nothing says that you have to keep
reading the thread once you figure out who started it.

I personally don't give a rats ass what some stranger eats. But if they
come into our support group to disrupt and preach hatred, then it becomes
personal and the trolls are fair game.

Neatly summed up, it's funny how the trolls never seem to see it that
way.

You might want to add Sleepyman to your list. Seems to be pretty anti
low carb (doen't post much. Why he's here, who knows?), but less
overtly obnoxious than our new resident loon. Loony boy (aka Normal)
almost makes me miss the Mu/Chung vs. Bob wars.

Karen Rodgers

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If I upset you so much, for not being a member of the local extremist
cult, please do add me to your list. You will miss me though! BTW
Peter says he plonked me already. He still seems to reply to my posts
though. Oh ya, if you would like, I can ratchet up the obnoxious
level.

Your Pal,

Sleepy

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