On 21/10/2010, at 5:44 AM, Nick Arnett wrote: > > > On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Brad DeLong <brad.del...@gmail.com> wrote: > Could we get this troll--Mr. Williams--out of here please? > > Foreclosures are currently running at 3 times their normal rates not because > there has been an outbreak of cheating and dishonesty on the part of > America's borrowers, but because the unemployment rate is not its normal 5% > but is instead 10%, and housing prices are not at the prices that borrowers > and lenders both expected them to be five years ago but are rather 30% lower. > > We could, but we have a high tolerance for argument other than personal > attacks... though with the list being so quiet lately, I'm tempted to revise > my standards. Hard to know if the quiet was due to trolling or some > externality.
You can leave the troll. It's taken only a few posts for me to realise that John has zero interest in engaging with any point, just repeating his own point over and over, and then using _ad hominem_ like he's doing in response to Brad. Thought I'd see if the previous 3 years demonstration that deregulation completely failed had mellowed him or changed his mind, but it apparently hasn't. But there's of course a solution to trolls - to not read or respond when it becomes clear they're trolling. Easy, and civilised. Charlie. _______________________________________________ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
