Steven D'Aprano wrote: ... >He is the equivalent of one of those bored, spoiled teenagers who urinate >on public transport just to see the shocked reactions of other people. You >can't engage him in rational debate. Until we find a way to send electric >shocks through the Internet, all we can do is ignore him. To argue with >him just gives him the sick entertainment he wants. > > Rational debate? They urinate on your buses and you worry about rational debate? Call the transit police. Have them hauled home in a paddy wagon to say hello to their parents after a few dozen hours of picking up litter and scrubbing bus floors. We may not be able to do anything particularly effective to the morons who light *online* fires; but then they are easily ignored when their signal/noise ratio drops to nil. But if you're seeing this kind of behaviour in the real world, for criminney's sake, fix it with the judicious use of a billy club upside the head.
No society thrives while letting people piss in the common well. The public transit system is a commons to be protected like any other. If you see people pissing on your public transit, get scared and fix your society. Entirely off-topic, Mike -- ________________________________________________ Mike C. Fletcher Designer, VR Plumber, Coder http://www.vrplumber.com http://blog.vrplumber.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
