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savagewind

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It might be EntirelyPossible that I am an alcoholic but these beers called Lobster Ale (you heard it right) I have had since company came for Christmas.
 

savagewind

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I might tell you a story because I would rather do that than clean or read the stupid book I am at. Do you ever feel like you have to know?

There was a forum I was on. I was not silly there like I am here. I was always quite serious because there I believed words mattered. Once when I got too riled to contain it I posted answers real quick on several threads in a row. The answers were real. The owner did not like it. There was a community of Jehovah's Witnesses there and I think it was them who kept reporting me. I know this because when I returned and it became known it was me, the "brother" erased me right away. On that forum the ignore list was powerful for making words disappear.

I was expelled.

Then I found another forum. It is for former Jehovah's Witnesses. I assumed love was there. It was not obvious that love was there. When I posted my history of another forum right away they (my former brothers and sisters) accused me of trolling there and at their sight. I know I am not a troll so I stayed until I could bear it not more and......
 

Wherenextcolumbus

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I might tell you a story because I would rather do that than clean or read the stupid book I am at. Do you ever feel like you have to know?

There was a forum I was on. I was not silly there like I am here. I was always quite serious because there I believed words mattered. Once when I got too riled to contain it I posted answers real quick on several threads in a row. The answers were real. The owner did not like it. There was a community of Jehovah's Witnesses there and I think it was them who kept reporting me. I know this because when I returned and it became known it was me, the "brother" erased me right away. On that forum the ignore list was powerful for making words disappear.

I was expelled.

Then I found another forum. It is for former Jehovah's Witnesses. I assumed love was there. It was not obvious that love was there. When I posted my history of another forum right away they (my former brothers and sisters) accused me of trolling there and at their sight. I know I am not a troll so I stayed until I could bear it not more and......

I can't really comment on whether or not you were trolling because obviously I didn't read the conversation, personally don't think your a troll here. Then again I'm probably a bad judge because I got in trouble for trolling yesterday, although it wasn't my attention I thought I was just stating the obvious, though I see how that can be interpreted as trolling. Any hhoo I know Jehovah Witnesses are particularly sensitive to criticism from.. Dun dah dddduunnnn! Apostates! and are generally advised to avoid them. Which is suspect.
 

savagewind

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I can't really comment on whether or not you were trolling because obviously I didn't read the conversation
Thank you for bringing this topic up Horrorble. This is a trend I keep bumping into. And I might talk about it.

If you were there to follow the conversations would you then be confident you could judge whether it was trolling or not? This question is for discussion. It is not about you personally.

I suppose trolling should be defined first.
The art of deliberately, cleverly, and secretly ******* people off, usually via the internet, using dialogue.

Can anyone see that trolling does not mean contrary opinions, stupidity, nonsense, weakness ect but means a DELIBERATE attempt to "stir the pot".

I think it is fair to say it is up to the owner of forum to judge if a problem is trolling. They will not always get it right, but they must prevent mayhem so sometimes they must decide that a poster is trolling even if they do not know.

But is it fair for the other posters to judge intent? To call someone "troll" is to assume the intent behind the ideas that are ******* people off is known. Is that possible?

An answer of "yes" it is possible to judge intent, means you know what the heart is.
Of a stranger? Are there people here who believe they can and should judge the hearts of strangers?

I once had an awful time with the group I was with. They were all judging the situation harshly I believed. I called a friend who was away. Instead of saying any number of possible calming, friendly, understanding things she said "I really don't know because I was not there". That was her idea of a helping hand. That might have been the pivotal point of my life.

How so? Christians are admonished not to judge. By saying "I can not say a word about it because I was not there" to me can mean "if I was there and knew all the particulars then I would be able to judge who was right and who was wrong".

OMG then whenever I share this people say there is nothing where one side is all right and the other is all wrong. And I'm like, that is how you know how to help? That is the ONLY way you know how to help? I wonder why you believe I don't know that?
 
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