Actually, I did kick him off the list (he then went paranoid, accusing me of "blocking his domain") but we seem to be having a ripple effect as new folks pick up the old threads.
On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 1:09 AM, Bill Holloway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A brief psychoanalysis -- > > It is quite likely that, like most trolls, "Rob Smeets" is suffering from > what is known as the "abused child syndrome." This behavior arises from an > insidious form of parental neglect of the subject as a young child, where > the only attention the child receives from the parents is negative > attention, usually to correct behavior -- attention such as "stop hitting > your brother", "be quiet", "sit down", etc. The parents fail to grant the > child any substantive positive, praising attention for good behavior. Since > we all need attention from our parents, the child in this situation quickly > learns to misbehave to garner parental attention of any kind. Because we > all base our adult relationships with peers and colleagues on relationship > skills learned as a child, the adult abused-child engages in > socially-unacceptable behavior and, sadly, thrives on the negative reactions > of its peers. > > If this has escalated into a full-blown personality disorder for Mr. > "Smeets," and I suspect that it has, he has really very little hope. The > common wisdom is that personality disorders stay with the subject for life, > regardless of treatment. About the only hope "Smeets" has is for his peers > and colleagues to stop reinforcing the his misbehaviors by responding to > them negatively. In this way, it is hoped that he might learn to pursue an > alternate course for attention, namely socially-acceptable, positive > behavior. > > In other words, STOP RESPONDING TO SMEET'S FRICKING POSTS. JUST STOP. > Ignore him. Stop doing what he wants you to do and he'll either throw > tantrums and get kicked off or he'll go away. Frankly I don't know why > Howard hasn't at least moderated him by now. > > That'll be $120, please. > > Bill H., Bachelor of Shenanigans, Master of Sh*t, Piled Higher and Deeper > -- Howard M. Lewis Ship Creator Apache Tapestry and Apache HiveMind --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
