In article , Robert
McClenon wrote:
On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 14:42:41 -0600, Dave Balderstone
wrote:
This is a forgery, people. Bob McCLenon does not post through Google
Wait, there will be more under a variety of names. We've seen this
before.
Including a false Dave Balderstone.
What the troll did was to illustrate that a large number of
rec.woodworking posters are not familiar with what a troll is and how
to respond to it (typically by ignoring it).
- - Bob McClenon
Unfortunately, rec.woodworking is something of a smorgasborg for trolls
for exactly that reason.
The apppearance of the "false Dave Balderstone" as I predicted
demonstrates that the troll is actively following this newsgroup and
feeding off the responses.
djb
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