Re: A note on computing thugs and coding bums

user923005 wrote:

Richard, you're being trolled.  I think it is pretty obvious.  I don't
think he believes one word of what he is saying.  He's just pushing
hot buttons to see if he can get responses.

I also believe that the spinoza character is simply trolling but I wouldn't
say that he is going after Richard Heathfield alone. That spinoza character
makes a point at attacking not only Richard Heathfield but also, by
constantly labelling everyone as being mindlesss followers, all newsgroup
users. That, along with the incessant flood of off-topic posts filled with
personal attacks, purposedly going against the character's own
self-righteous complaints of being the target of personal attacks, and
purposedly veering away from the newsgroup topic, leads to believe that
this spinoza's character was created simply to troll. And he is succeeding.
Annoyingly.

So I would suggest that everyone should simply stop feeding the troll.
Moreover, I would also suggest that no one should pay any attention to the
spinoza character's claims of being any specific person or having written
any book. There's a serious risk for the reputation of an innocent man
being soiled for no good reason.


Rui Maciel
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