*WARNING*
Please Do Not Feed The Troll
<b>A troll will:</b>
*Post off topic messages: Those that are irrelevant to the focus of the forum. This can also be done in the middle of an existing thread to attempt to hijack the thread, or otherwise change the topic at hand. Off topic messages usually occur when a member has been completely disproved in a serious debate thus, causing that member to use his or her other multiple pseudonyms for the purposes of changing the subject matter. These disruptions may result in the degeneration of a well informed thread into a heated juvenile exchange consisting of insults and childish accusations between multiple parties.
* Inflammatory messages, including racist, sexist, classist or otherwise needlessly hateful comments.
* Opinionated statements: Posting messages expressing their own opinions as generally accepted facts without offering any proof or analysis.
* Intentionally posting an outrageous argument, deliberately constructed around a fundamental but obfuscated flaw or error. Often the poster will become defensive when the argument is refuted, and may continue the thread through the use of further flawed arguments; this is referred to as "feeding" the troll.
* Politically contentious messages: "Everyone knows that all Republicans/Democrats are evil."
* Posting politically sensitive images in inappropriate places.
* Feigning innocence, after a flamewar ensues.
* Plural or paranoid answers to personal opinions expressed by individuals: "I don't think that all of you really believe that - - you're just ganging up on me!"
There is a quote on IMDb which says that the common troll does not understand the words 'opinion' and 'leave', meaning that it feels it has superior opinions and will not quit until reaching its own trolling satisfaction.
In general, popular wisdom advises users to avoid feeding trolls, and to ignore temptations to respond. Responding to a troll inevitably drives discussion off-topic, to the dismay of bystanders, and supplies the troll with the craved attention.
Not, Renegade, that I'm calling you a troll, but when you have repeated forums topics all dealing pretty much whining about other people (which is basically what it is, you stated your point be man enough to stick to that one thread even if they don't agree with you) you're sounding pretty troll-ish.