LOL Rod should make a troll hunters category and drop all these threads in there he could name it you might be a troll if. Then at the end of the year we tally up who caught the most and they get a fiver of some white owls and the honor of presenting the asshat to that years winner.
I like this idea. It's something I've thought about doing in the past. Maybe we should create a separate forum, and place all of the asshat threads in there (ie: Bill Clinton, tonydogs, etc...) What do you think?
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I believe Wilkey already has a list going...
I have a list of cases mostly from the Buy/Sell/Trade forum
here.
We need to be careful about how far we take this.
I think that as we consider an extension of this idea, we need to be mindful of the attitude which we bring to the entertainment. Flogging bona fide jerks or shysters is a time honored tradition practiced in various forms on all the forums out there.
However, the line one treads borders, on one side, justifiable ire and on the other side, gang mentality mean-spiritedness. In my experience here on CP, it is deft humor and wit that has mostly kept us on the bright side, the right side. In that spirit, as long as we proceed with the primary and honorable motivations of education and protection, I am good with it. Dealing with those who aim to rip people off, genuine trolls, and those who just won't make the effort to get along is a necessary part of forum maintenance. It may be entertaining, but really, it's simply a function that has to be exercised as the need arises.
As I said, humor and wit are things that guard us from exulting merely in the flogging itself. After all, the forum masthead says "Friendly Cigar Community" and on this subject, humor and restraint are elements that contribute to the preservation of that ideal.
Take it for what it is. The people here at CigarPass have made this, for me, the finest, most welcoming, balanced online cigar community on the internet. I'm a member because I choose to be here. And as a member, I choose to keep working to keep this a great forum now and for future members.
Wilkey