Refund Granted

[Don1977]

Ok, this has gone on long enough and is really starting to become boring and insulting to people who might come here as visitors and then go away shaking their heads in disbelief that we have people on here who are not mature enough to stop flaming and slamming the next person.

It's like the old deal where each person has to one-up the next and it never ends.

I have finally gotten my notifications to come over on email for topics I've subscribed to and reading these attacks from both sides is just dis-heartening.

If you stop feeding the argument it will stop.

...but yet you added your comment.......

[Just Plain Ruff]

...but yet you added your comment.......

Of course I did because no one else has said anything about this going on for too long.

[Don1977]

Of course I did because no one else has said anything about this going on for too long.

Ok........Ill give you that one.....

[Just Plain Ruff]

Ok........Ill give you that one.....

Well someone had to say it. I normally don't feed the trolls or continue the argument but this was just a name calling fest and it was counterproductive to any good dialogue.

[FireMedic65]

Trolls will be trolls.. but they aren't trolls until they are outted as trolls by people such as us doing the outting by posting.

[Just Plain Ruff]

Trolls will be trolls.. but they aren't trolls until they are outted as trolls by people such as us doing the outting by posting.

I totally agree on the outing of trolls.

But what got me disappointed by this group was the name calling and the severely negative responses by some of our most veteran members.

We are more professional than this and once this guy was outed as a troll that should have been the end of it but some I truly believe took pleasure in being as nasty as they could be to this poster. Even though he has not proven himself respectable in any way here we had members who for lack of a better word "tore him a new one".

I thought we were more professional on this forum than that.

I do have to give the guy props - he did keep coming back for more. Masochistic, maybe Smart - not really

[FireMedic65]

I totally agree on the outing of trolls.

But what got me disappointed by this group was the name calling and the severely negative responses by some of our most veteran members.

We are more professional than this and once this guy was outed as a troll that should have been the end of it but some I truly believe took pleasure in being as nasty as they could be to this poster. Even though he has not proven himself respectable in any way here we had members who for lack of a better word "tore him a new one".

I thought we were more professional on this forum than that.

I do have to give the guy props - he did keep coming back for more. Masochistic, maybe Smart - not really

I give negative feedback to poor quality posts and obvious trolling. If there are negatives.. it sets off red flags to other unknowing readers that something is up. Given, this fella did get a lot of negatives.. but obvious troll is obvious. He will make a new name and troll again later, if he hasn't done so already.

[WolfmanHarris]

Of course I did because no one else has said anything about this going on for too long.

I thought I had.

This is the only topic he's posted on. If you don't want to engage any further on this, let the thread wither and die. It seems like the OP has never entered practise and is thoroughly soured on the profession. I imagine this will be the extent of our interactions with him or her and there's no need to antagonize ourselves further with an endless, repetitive barely cogent argument. There is nothing to be gained on either side, be it individually or for the profession as a whole.

[Eydawn]

Even though he has not proven himself respectable in any way here we had members who for lack of a better word "tore him a new one".

You're right. I tore him a new one. I have a very small tolerance for ill-written paranoid ranting and careless accusations with no basis in fact hurled at respected members of this forum who participate very well and actually bring something positive to the experience here.

Sorry, I called him a 'net whacko because I call it like I see it. My father's gotten death threats from folks on the Usenet before, and the there's really good markers to identify whackos by, and darned if I'm not seeing some of those here... not saying that Lifeguard here would make death threats towards anyone, don't get me wrong... but I've seen this kind of pattern before too many times.

Come in, make a mess all over, and generally provide a good example of trollage-- get called out by those who actually care about the quality of posting here.

Futile to argue with, better to quash and have done with. Is it kind? Nah, and trust me, nobody LIKES being nasty to trolls... Is it necessary? Only in severe cases. Which this most definitely is.

You know me, Ruff- I'm usually the one trying to mediate and bring in more discussion... in this case, I specifically chose not to, and refuse to apologize for that choice.

Wendy

CO EMT-B

[Just Plain Ruff]

First off I'm not asking anyone to apologize for their posts.

All I was pointing out was that this has gone on long enough, the pointless name calling on both sides was getting tiresome.

Sure he's a Troll but once he was called out and exposed for all to see should have been the end of it but most on this thread continued to either go after this guy or Lifeguard continued to post in order to keep this discussion going.

I don't ask you to apologize for how you responded.

And I disagree with you that NOBODY likes to argue with trolls, I know a lot of people who find it fun to go after trolls.

What does worry me is the statement from Lifeguard that one of our members went to the provincial authority about this guy or something to that effect. Was it true, I don't know but to go to that extent to prove this guy wrong or to get information about him or the situation seems a little extreme. I don't know if this truly happened or if Lifeguard made it up. I can't say.

Well, I guess I'm done with my responses to this thread. I think we should let this thread die a quick and painless death and go on to the next troll when they appear.