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aks ...

To sum up. There is no excuse to call names, let alone sanction calling names, when we have an infinitely superior mechanism for dealing with disruptors. Whatever someone does to disrupt a thread can be called many things, but it will ALWAYS be disruptive. Picking out one label that pretends to be sanctioned, is at best, highly suspect and inconsistent with the Agreement in many ways.

There is no way the Agreement is compatible with name calling, and let's face it, this argument is absurd. It only serves one person, maybe a few more, as these individuals are the only ones repeatedly using the term. Anyone who has been called a troll, has been offended, so if we wish to believe it magically is not name calling or offensive, we might as well be playing jump rope on Jupiter.

The only way we can accomodate this insane fetish is to completely rewrite the Agreement or we face ridicule for the hypocrisy of all the points listed above that prevents it.

I motion that all references to "troll" be struck from the Agreement of the Willing, and we adhere to the already approved mechanism for handling disruption.

If you want to say someone is trolling, that's fine as long as you have evidence, and that evidence is always subjective, as is any evidence. I for one will be among the first to make sure the use of labels is not abused as it certainly has been in the past. Great care should be taken when pointing out disruptive activity. This thread has already proven that some refuse to admit they engage in it, so I don't expect those individuals to suddenly grow a halo and a clue.

Make your case, and move on. Do not go on a jihad to discredit anyone. Let their words do the discrediting. Let everyone else be their own judge.

If the point is to discuss science, plugging up a thread with trying to take someone down is not discussing science.

LESS IS MORE

fC ...

evos have a serious problem with reality !