[bookshare-discuss] Re: Please Don't Feed The Troll - smile

  • From: Guido Corona <guidoc@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:48:03 -0600

Shannon,  (this is OT so I'll make it brief.  Cowries are very pretty and 
glossy eggshaped seashells that I used to collect before I was given the 
opportunity of experiencing the marvels of a darker lifestyle.  There 
approximately 350 varieties, among which I owned specimens of over 50. 
They are also used in folk jewelry and amulets as symbols of fertility. 
You will find more information at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowries

Not sure if there are books in Bookshare on the subject, but the CM 
Burgess work would be a valuable addition to the repository if someone 
wants to tackle it. 

Guido 
 

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Guido,
Now you have peaked my interest. And it does give me a valid Book Share 
question. Are there any Book Share books that will tell me what you are 
talking about???? Smile I already have added some of these words to my big 
word dictionary. Grin
What is this thing you are talking about?
Shannon B.
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Thank you Monica,  if you ever became infatuated as I am with the Cowrie 
genus,  please scan and submit to Bookshare 

The Living Cowries -- by C. M. Burgess 

It is, in fact, a somewhat dated if excellent book on the subject. Yet, 
passionate arguments on the problem of regional population variants versus 
subspeciation in the all too variable C. arabicula. -- while fascinating 
and valuable amongst evolutionary biologists and malacologists -- would 
exceed the scope of topical discussions on this board.  Besides, 
discussion of certain details of Cowrie anatomy may even be found 
offensive to the sensitivities of some non initiates. 

(smiles!) 

G. 


  

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Guido, thanks for giving me something to smile about. Your explanation 
wonderfully surpasses anything I might have written. 
  
Monica Willyard 
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From: Guido Corona [mailto:guidoc@xxxxxxxxxx] 
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Roger,  the only issue is that the entire topic is out of bound to the 
subject of this list.  In the same way,  my opinions on matters that may 
be of passionate interest to me, such as the geographic distribution and 
speciation of Cyprea arabicula, whether or not zapping a conductor with 1 
million volts in a Tessla device can be deemed Quantum Tunnelling, or  the 
contestation of the age of the cretacean Iridium boundary, are all 
irrelevant to this board.  Whether or not I can find  friendly  or 
opposing views to my extremely strong opinions on such topics, I would 
still be out of order, unless I were to ask bookshare-related questions 
such as. . . 

Are there bookshare books that can help me to research patterns of 
speciation in isolated populations of C. arabicula? 

Saluti,  Guido 



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Believe it or not, people who have different opinions than yours are not 
necessarily angry and bitter. If you think you have gotten to know an 
imaginary being you might have a hard time understanding that, but it is 
true. I think you will also find it much more liberating to form your 
opinions by basing them on objective reality rather than unfounded 
assumptions. That way you will not presume to know anything about another 
person's experiences without even knowing that person. Believe me, seeking 
and finding truth is an extremely gratifying thing to do and has to beat 
just claiming something to be the truth without even trying to test it 
against reality.

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Roger, 

I'm sorry that you have had  such a bad experience with religion that you 
have become angry and bitter. As for me, coming to know God was what freed 
me
from the confines of "Religion." You see, I believe there is a big 
difference. Now, if you were not so angry, you would not have responded to 
the notice
about the Christian book thing. I didn't respond to a notice about fantasy 
books, even though I'm not particularly interested in them. 

Your quick response tells me you're still hurting--and for that I am 
really sorry. 

Shirley

P.S. I didn't remove my name from the list because others of you out there 
have had some interesting things to say. I seldom jump in, but I am 
learning
a lot 

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Your point is quite legitimate. It is interesting that those who object to 
the pot being stirred are at the same time vigorously stirring the pot. It 
is
as simple as this. If I am looking at a message that I have a response to 
then, like anyone else, I respond to it. In the process of making those 
responses
I am bound to express my opinions. If you don't like those opinions -- and 
I am using the universal you here -- then, really, honestly, think about 
it,
that really is just tough shit. The plain fact is that there are a lot of 
people in this world whose opinions you are not going to like and if you 
open
your mind enough to accept that then I guarantee that you will be a lot 
happier. Opening your mind may run counter to what you have been taught in 
church,
but churches, despite what they might say, are in the business of 
controlling you, not ensuring your personal happiness. I will also point 
out that even
though I have never been a believer myself I have known any number of 
atheists who were former religionists and their stories are very similar. 
The story
is always one of accumulating doubts and discomfort with their upbringing 
and that is usually rather sad, but the part where they put their 
upbringing
behind them and finally break with religion is an entirely different 
matter. They always describe it as the most liberating experience in their 
lives and
one of the most liberating parts is that they can finally disagree with 
others without feeling a self destructive gnawing hatred inside. It still 
remains,
though, that if you have not had that liberating experience and it upsets 
you so much to hear an opinion that is different from your own you can 
minimize
exposure to those opinions by not denigrating them and thereby provoking 
the person with the different opinion to respond to you.

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I'mnew to thislist but it seems to me that if people don't react the pot 
in 
effect hasn't been stired.  And, this really doesn't help any of us who 
need 
help or want to discuss Bookshare right?

-Diane
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> It is interesting, isn't it?  Most discussion lists get a person who 
> trolls, sooner or later.  Usually the list manager puts a troll on 
> moderate so that they don't get the opportunity to constantly stir up 
the 
> pot.  Since Bookshare hasn't ever assigned an active list manager to 
this 
> list, as far as I've ever seen, the only way left for the list members 
to 
> handle a troll is to ignore the posts made by that individual every time 

> they begin trolling.  smile.
>
> Judy s.
>
> Cindy Rosenthal wrote:
>> Thanks, Judy. That's really interesting. I'd never
>> heard that term before.
>> smile
>>
>> Cindy
>>
>> --- "Judy s." <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Cindy, Sharon and Patti, Roger is trolling every
>>> time someone posts regarding Christianity, and has done so since
>>> he came on the list.
>>>
>>> If you're not familiar with the term "troll" or
>>> "internet troll," here's a definition from Wikipedia:
>>>
>>> "An Internet troll, or simply troll in Internet
>>> slang, is someone who posts controversial, inflammatory, irrelevant or
>>> off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online
>>> discussion forum or chat room, with the intention of provoking
>>> other users into an emotional response or to generally disrupt
>>> normal on-topic discussion"
>>>
>>> The best way to handle trolling (again I'll quote
>>> from Wikipedia, as they put it well) is simple: "Do not feed the
>>> troll."  You'll find that abbreviated as "D-N-F-T" or "D-F-T-T" in
>>> Internet slang.
>>>
>>> Put simply: you'll drive yourself crazy by getting
>>> sucked into a discussion with someone who is trolling.  Consider
>>> just ignoring a troll's posts when he or she is trolling. Provoking a 
>>> response is what a troll enjoys. Roger himself has posted
>>> here that he loves to stir things up just for the fun he gets out
>>> of it. grin.
>>>
>>> Judy s.
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