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ok, just kidding. not chicken little. but i could just guess how many will read on just the heading. my question : why exactly are you feeding the trolls? what do you hope to accomplish? do you really believe you could change their minds? do they really believe they can change our minds? no - they just like to push our buttons and damnit it's working. so why do you respond? you know they will just come back with no facts, BS, and try to change the subject. they sound like the Pollyticians to me. so why are they here? i guess they either A) don't have a life B)love to argue C)see how much attention they can receive. i can just see them all laughing - "see it's working". do you do all you can in your real (non internet)life to try to convince the pollys you know that they are wrong? i don't know about you, but i give. i've tried for the last 7 monthes to present all possible facts to many people, and they dWgi. what are the odds that those in here, having such great access to the facts, are finally going to wake up? could you really see chicken, y2k pro, etc saying " oh - you were right and i was so wrong. god bless you all for taking monthes in responding to my ludicrous posts. it only took forever, but i finally see the light." i think not. it is my experience that if you ignore someone, they will usually go away. it does take 2 to argue. we've (yes - me too, but not again) done what we can to try to help these poor misguided souls, but they will not get it because they don't want to get it. they insist on making fun of us, and seeing how much response they get. i am sick of reading their crap, as i'm sure most of you are. well, maybe not - chicken's last post received the same response as did the first report on pentagon papers. is their BS just as important? but the more attention they get, the more they post. can't we just ignore them? if they're so convinced, they shouldn't care how "stupid" we are for preparing. sorry for rambling, i just don't get why we feed their egos by responding to their sheer stupidiy. don't give them what they want. they'll only be back for more.

-- Chicken Little (the sky@is.falling), August 22, 1999

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In a nutshell, I second your last four sentences. Without wanting to offend you, the substance of your message doesn't match the name under which you post. I have to admit, I normally don't read your postings if I have limited time, because I assume you are a troll, using a name that conjures up an hysterical chicken who sees doom coming, simply because an apple or nut fell from a tree and bounced off her head. If this comment doesn't make sense to you, I hope you will just disregard it; I am not looking to get OT here, just making a personal interpretation.

-- Kristi (KsaintA@aol.com), August 22, 1999.

I second Kristi. Perhaps "Henry Hawk" would be a more appropriate ename.

Regarding trolls in this group: There is no intent on their part to change either your position or theirs. Have you not wondered where that money the Gubmint admittedly spends with public relations firms goes? If y2k awareness is primarily an "internet thing", it is not unreasonable to conclude some PR employees are assigned numerous names and "personalities", with the intent of dis-rupting the flow of information. If you were The Boss, where would you direct effort. I say they are _here_, now, doing what they are paid to do.

-- A. Hambley (a.hambley@usa.net), August 22, 1999.


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