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I believe you were refering to Marek, because I didn't troll rate this. However, dismissing someone's research work as "conspiracy," then telling anyone who has an opposing viewpoint to "go away," would seem to me the very reason the troll rating exists.
by Monsieur le Prof (top notch records [all one word] at gmail dot com) on Mon Jun 11th, 2007 at 04:52:34 PM EST
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Um, it says "note to marek" right in the subject line.
by the stormy present (stormypresent aaaaaaat gmail etc) on Mon Jun 11th, 2007 at 05:24:00 PM EST
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You gave rdf a warning (2) which seems reasonable (and has not been wiped) given that he told you to go away. (Though, when giving a down-rating, it helps if you explain to the recipient why you are doing it).

Otherwise, rdf's comment is not trollish. He didn't call your (or anyone else's) research work "conspiracy". It seems hard to see how one can discuss this topic without reference to "conspiracy" or without using the word.

I don't know where you have used troll ratings or seen them used, but they are rarely handed out on ET. A discussion can easily degenerate into an exchange of retaliatory ratings, a situation it's better to avoid.

When locusts move on, they leave nothing behind

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Mon Jun 11th, 2007 at 05:36:23 PM EST
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Okay thanks for the ratings clarification.
by Monsieur le Prof (top notch records [all one word] at gmail dot com) on Mon Jun 11th, 2007 at 05:39:36 PM EST
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