Hi Ginger and All, <div><br></div><div>I would fully back the suggestions put forward by Charity. The best way is to ignore the trollers' message. I would stick with this mailing list though I had some difficult time reading those trolls. So, now I have been filtering and archiving these group emails, skipping my inbox. I go through them in my free time which saves me from getting disturbed just in case I happen to go though the trolls. One problem of this filtering is that if there is need of any URGENT response, it just gets skipped. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Here in South Asia, we have a different versions of common story about a mischievous child, who mislead everyone in the village shouting "Loin Loin, taking my goat" and asking for help. After many such attempt to fool the villages, one other day, the Loin actually takes away his goat, and no one turns up for his help. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Hope, every story has a moral and we do not have to become a deaf villagers</div><div><br></div><div>Best Regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Hempal Shrestha</div><div>Kathmandu, Nepal<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 9:11 PM, Charity Gamboa <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:charityg@diplomacy.edu">charityg@diplomacy.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Ginger,<br><br>I do not really like the trolls that have been circulating for the past weeks.. But I stick to this list because I know there are relevant discussions that I would want to listen to. But personal attacks are a sign of a weak argument.<br>
<br>I do not expect that such trolls would just simply go away because they do not pay much attention. In my experience, they won't go away easily as trolls thrive on attention. Best to ignore them. So I have filtered my emails from this list, too, because of the overwhelming amount of unrelated discussions and attacks.<br>
<br>Regards,<br>Charity<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div></div><div class="h5">On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 10:08 PM, Ginger Paque <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gpaque@gmail.com" target="_blank">gpaque@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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