LAST EDITED ON 07-18-01 AT 11:39 PM (EST)>I try not to think about those early days of abuse
>by the Clown. Actually, my very first post on this
>board was blasting away on Flying Squirrel for accusing someone
>of being a troll. Well, being a newbie myself, I took offense
>to it.
Hi again, Jizzy! Thanks for remembering. The thread in question is this one:
http://community.survivorblows.com/boards/cgi-bin/dcboard.cgi?az=show_thread&om=1045&forum=DCForumID2&archive=yes
...and, as we can now be certain, the poster (dudder) was a troll.
I'd just like to point out that that thread doesn't make either of us look great, which shows the mistake I made by making a snap judgment about a new person (you). I'm very glad to have you here on this board with the rest of us. BTW, you and I come across as more rational in dealing with the "cbshascrappybenefits" hoax:
http://community.survivorblows.com/boards/cgi-bin/dcboard.cgi?az=show_thread&om=1061&forum=DCForumID2&archive=yes#40
>I believe that Shakes replied to one of my posts on that
>thread, and hence, the war had begun.
No, it must have started on another thread, but I'm glad you survived and stayed with us. BTW, notice that I still have fewer than 200 posts; the number of posts doesn't count for anything (at least to me)!
One last point that ties this all together: I agree with Outfrontgirl; there are new posters, but there should never be "newbies." Other than trolls, we should be trying to make new people comfortable with posting here. They could turn out to be Jizzy!