"Is there some way a red "T" could be placed by their name so that other posters, interested in discussion and debate, would know not to waste their time and to ignore them?"
Well, there's always the traditional way...
* * ASH ALERT * *
If you try to engage Ash (AshRedux, Ashlives, Ashisalive, Ashisaliar, ect) in debate, you will waste enormous bandwith and get nowhere. When he cannot refute you through misdirection or other obfuscation, he will hide from you. You will find yourself stuck like the Tar Baby in stories of old.
He has been banned many times.
He will, when ignored, strike out. He has claimed to have sent me money and claimed to know me and my wife!
He has shown contempt for the owner of this forum by returning under new names time and again,
he is, IMHO, a disruptor and a distractor.
The BEST policy (based on much advice, that I unfortunately ignored one week) is to act as if he IS NOT HERE.
From: DonMorgan (morgan@dmi.net) *
If you notice, it works. He hasn't bugged me yet.