 Dear Dim Wits,
Thank you for coming out of the shadows at long last. Your reply is appreciated. It would not have been necessary had clicking on the question mark symbol in the indicated space actually worked, but it never has and still does not. Well, that is only partially true. As my average grade has been below the magic mark of 50 for a very long time, i would still have been left to wonder why you have taken this action at this time and not 2 years ago. Now that you have emerged from the shadows, perhaps you could explain why it has taken you so long to act.
Before examining the merits of your claim, let me first cite what About.com defines as trolling:
" Internet trolls seek to be disruptive and hurtful by using any of the following techniques:
1.Trolls will post abusive and hurtful comments directed at a specific person (aka "flaming" another person)
2.Trolls will incite broad arguments and provoke angry responses by making controversial statements. (e.g. racism, religious
intolerance, bigoted or elitist views, mysogyny, extreme political views)
3.Trolls will narcissistically dominate conversations, trying to make themselves the center of attention. (e.g. nonstop comments
about themselves and their accomplishments; repeated self-centered statements and bragging)
4.Trolls will start many off-topic threads, seeking to derail users from the focus of an online community."
With regard to #1, yes, that is me. i do not suffer fools easily and will make no apology for that. Morons like Ranting Andy deserve what they get. The man makes so many factual errors, it is a wonder he has not been fired by Miles Franklin. It is not wrong that i point out just what a dolt he is by enumerating said errors (such as his claim that Obama would not be attending the G 20 meeting just held, or his boastful claim about gold price manipulation based upon charts that showed the opposite of what he claimed.) You may wish to argue that it is fair enough to point out the factual errors, but that i should not call him an idiot. i would not disagree with your point of view. But i have always believed in calling a spade a spade and when someone puts themselves out there as an authority, yet does not know the facts, makes up their own meaning for words, cannot do simple math and/or has no understanding of logic, they richly deserve whatever they get from me....With someone like Hart, who has made it his mission in life to attack Jim and anyone who might agree with him, like Freedom Fest, i have on occasion given him a taste of his own medicine and do not feel bad about that whatsoever. He too has been richly deserving of whatever he got from me.... If i have any regrets in regard to the harshness of my responses to fellow commenters, it would be my response to Tom B. It was his first time posting and as his only point was to continue the loathsome practice of labelling Jim as being a psychiatric patient who had either neglected to take his meds or had missed his electro-convulsive treatment, i laced into him. i did not feel bad about it at the time, but came to feel that way when in subsequent posts, Tom showed himself to be a thoughtful individual with some very good points to make. i have consoled myself--perhaps delusionally so--by telling myself that perhaps it was my over-the-top approach that got Tom to change his ways. If you are reading Tom, i do apologize.
Concerning #2, that is not me. You may wish to argue that i have shown myself to be religiously intolerant, but you would be mistaken. i have been intolerant of others who have shown their own religious intolerance by making claims supporting their belief that Jesus was coming to wipe out anyone who did not believe what they did. It has never been a subject that i have initiated and one that i have repeatedly claimed has no business being represented in this forum. In this respect i have gone so far as to state that a discussion of what the bible has to say about capitalism would be perfectly fine, but discussions about the existence of god, the merits of creationism or whose god is better have no place here.
Turning now to #3, this too is obviously not me. Yes, i have said the odd thing about myself, but who hasn't? i do not go on about myself. i deal with facts pertaining to the precious metals. And while i could brag, being the only person on this forum to ever make an accurate prediction concerning the price of gold in a given time frame, that fact has been mentioned all of one time and that time only because OTE brought the matter up in one of his posts.
With respect to #4, quite obviously does this not apply to me. i am never the one to initiate conversations about the American civil war, creationism or various long dead composers. i am the one who has consistently argued that such topics have no place here. Oh, wait a second. Number 4 describes you. Let me quote for your benefit what this site is supposed to be about: "24hGold.com, dedicated to precious metals, energy and natural resources presents the current events of these sectors through various resources such as a press review, articles and editorials, resource sector news and press releases and intraday and historical charts." You are the one who has attempted to derail your own mission statement. i am the one who has tried to stop you in your troll tracks. And not without some measure of success, for my complaints have led to an end to the articles on dead composers and those of DiLorenzo on the American civil war. You should be thanking me for reminding you of what this site is supposed to be about. But i can live without it all the same, thank you very much.
So there you have it. i am a self-confessed troll because i will not shy away from labeling some dip-shit moron like Iesos or Ranting Andy as precisely the thing they are. i make my case based upon factual evidence, not some personal animus. Both may be lovely individuals when not presenting their views here. i neither know nor care to know....Let me add that i do not shy away from complimenting someone such as Steve Saville or Gary Dorsch on their fine work, or OTE for a particularly perceptive comment; a decidedly untrolllike thing to do.
That being said, your magic number of 50 is not only arbitrary, but arbitrarily applied. It does not take into account the fact that some of the worst trolls (Iesos, who while i was reading her comments, had only ever flamed others) have a rating in excess of your magic number. Nor does it explain why it has taken you all this time to react to my low rating. We are not in high school and this is not a popularity contest and as i have previously stated, i would far sooner have someone tell me that i am a dolt, explaining their reasoning for doing so, than receive umpteen up arrows. If having a favourable rating is what this is about, i can easily do what certain others have and create multiple accounts for myself and give myself up arrows endlessly. That would be exceptionally foolish and a complete waste of my time.
So there you have it. i am a person who wants to stay on topic and i am a stickler for the facts and figures. If those qualities do not offset my absolute unwillingness not to call a spade a spade, explaining my reasoning for doing so, just say so and i will react accordingly. i would suggest you discuss this amongst yourselves before coming to a decision, for quite obviously you do not always agree upon certain things (one of you will delete a post and another one of you will put the post back up). Make your decision and let me know what it is.
Regards,
Vox
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