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To: Ichneumon; All
Under the agreement the only people who could be "insulted" by being labeled a troll or disruptor would be those who were, well, being trolls or disruptors -- and who had refused invitations to stop doing so.

For the benefit of the lurkers, and the mods, I think some background should be provided. Again, I remind everyone that the "Agreement of the Willing" can be found on my freeper home page. It's still very much in effect for those who have signed on to it.

The agreement's "troll-calling" provision was not a license to run around insulting people. It was entirely defensive in nature, and it's so cumbersome, with so many warnings required and opportunities for the offending poster to change his ways, that it was very sparingly used. I think it happened only twice. The first was ALS -- a troll by anyone's definition. And now he's banned. There is only one other still-posting troll who has been declared to be such according to the agreement: gore3000 is declared a troll.

And now you know ... the rest of the story.

2,143 posted on 10/12/2003 12:22:35 PM PDT by PatrickHenry (The "Agreement of the Willing" is posted at the end of my personal profile page.)
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To: PatrickHenry
Gee, I seem to recall being called a troll several times as well. And, just who was it, Patrick, who managed to litter every thread (particularly when the usual suspects were losing debates) with "VIRTUAL IGNORE IS YOUR FRIEND: THERE IS NOTHING MORE PATHETIC THAN A TRACTIONLESS TROLL"? Could it be - YOU? Also, you're posting "SLIME" on most threads was surely acting within the spirit of what the Agreement was supposed to stand for.
2,145 posted on 10/12/2003 12:37:20 PM PDT by DittoJed2 (http://www.designeduniverse.com/webthink/index.php?showtopic=79)
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To: PatrickHenry
gore3000 is declared a troll.

And by the same authority by which you said the above I declare you a troll, I declare you a troll and a disruptor. The quotes from you which were deleted on post# 1901 are more than sufficient proof of it.

BTW - one of the provisions you promised to live by was to not try to get people banned or threads pulled. The post I am responding to is proof of your violating the agreement, as well as proof that you take joy in silencing those who disagree with you. You are a regular storm trooper and not the kind of person that belongs on discussion threads in a FreeRepublic.

2,165 posted on 10/12/2003 1:20:33 PM PDT by gore3000 ("To say dogs, mice, and humans are all products of slime plus time is a mystery religion.")
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To: PatrickHenry
Just remembered ... You decared me a poop-head once!
2,168 posted on 10/12/2003 1:53:19 PM PDT by VadeRetro
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