"I think cartoonists should be like burrs under the saddle of some egomaniac, kind of gnawing away every day," says two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Szep. "I think the public likes cartoons because it gives them a vicarious pleasure that they normally can't get in any other way."
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Ms. Ima said, 6 months ago
But Radish claims you aren’t building nukes. You have him bamboozled.
onguard said, 6 months ago
It worked for Obama……….http://times247.com/articles/obama-directive-opens-door-to-spy-czars
freeholder1 said, 6 months ago
He can get a haircut but not a beard groom. Hey, I guess always a beard groom, never a bride?
Radish
said, 6 months ago
In Internet slang, a troll ( /ˈtroʊl/, /ˈtrɒl/) is someone who posts inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community, such as a forum, chat room, or blog, with the primary intent of provoking readers into an emotional response or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion.
freeholder1 said, 6 months ago
@Radish
Yeah, but what about the dwarfs?
freeholder1 said, 6 months ago
@Radish
So calling someone a troll would qualify the caller as a troll, right?
Radish
said, 6 months ago
One man’s troll is another man’s freed from fact fighter.
Radish
said, 6 months ago
@Ms. Ima
That is the president of egypt not Iran.
Everyone would be happy if you would go away.
Radish
said, 6 months ago
@freeholder1
The truth is often considered rude. Jesus was rude for calling the pharisees a nest of vipers. They remained vipers, but insulted vipers.
Radish
said, 6 months ago
@freeholder1
The noun troll comes from the Old Norse word for a mythological monster.7 The word evokes the trolls of Scandinavian folklore and children’s tales, where they are often creatures bent on mischief and wickedness. The contemporary use of the term is alleged to have appeared on the Internet in the late 1980s,8 but the earliest known example is from 1992.9 Early non-Internet related use of trolling for actions deliberately performed to provoke a reaction can be found in the military; by 1972 the term trolling for MiGs was documented in use by US Navy pilots in Vietnam.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_(Internet)
Radish
said, 6 months ago
@freeholder1
Personally I find it works out better if I don’t interject my self in someone elses argument where I have not been following the history of the dispute.
Radish
said, 6 months ago
“Trolls aspire to violence, to the level of trouble they can cause in an environment. They want it to kick off. They want to promote antipathetic emotions of disgust and outrage, which morbidly gives them a sense of pleasure.”15
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_(Internet)
olfart said, 6 months ago
I think that internet trolling derives more from the fishing term than from mythical beings
Stipple said, 6 months ago
No, really? The term comes from fishing for a reaction rather than living under a bridge eating fish?
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Where’s a gruff billy goat when you need one.
Ms. Ima said, 6 months ago
@Radish
A troll would never tell someone to shut up, would they? Because that would inflammatory, extraneous and off-topic. Actually, giving a definition of a troll would be an off-topic message. Readers that have the ability to not type an emotional response show a lot of self control. Don’t you agree with all this?