From: Harvey Newstrom (mail@HarveyNewstrom.com)
Date: Thu Aug 15 2002 - 06:18:53 MDT
On Thursday, August 15, 2002, at 06:09 am, Alex Ramonsky wrote:
> Yikes, that makes it difficult the other way round, too...Like if any
> of us have an idea to discuss or a question, and if we ask it, we get
> thought of as 'trolling' -_Especially_ if we come out of a debate
> having changed our minds...
That is not the complaint. Changing people's minds is one of the main
reasons we debate on this list. Most people would be thrilled if their
carefully crafted arguments changed the minds of other people.
The complaint is when someone says, "OK, I fooled you all. I never
really believed what I claimed. I just wanted to see all the responses
I could trigger. I'm not really going to debate any of your
well-researched posts, since I really don't care about the position I
claimed. You wasted your time researching and responding to me. Thanks
for playing."
What's worse is when people argue that this is a useful technique and
they plan to keep fooling us in the future. It makes me question
whether I should put any effort into responding or not.
-- Harvey Newstrom, CISSP <www.HarveyNewstrom.com> Principal Security Consultant <www.Newstaff.com>
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