Sorry to subvert your boycott . . .
. . but I view trolls like Marshmarlowe as light hearted entertainment - to be ignored if you please or to poke a stick at when you please. For sure if he responds he'll be working a lot harder than I did.
Unlike some here I just don't feel compelled to read every post or even every topic so I have no problem ignoring trolls when I'm not in the mood.
Should Michel Merlin have been disciplined? I'm not sure, but being banned was exactly what he was trying to achieve so even a short disciplinary "time out" played right into the hands of his warped ego - and the board's been a little duller for that.
I have to admit, though, that I get almost as much entertainment from they who take the trolls too seriously as I do from the trolls themselves.
This stuff just doesn't need to be take so seriously - like life itself shouldn't be taken too seriously - it ain't like it were permanent, you know.
