On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:50:34 -0000, Tina wrote
in .com:

The invention needed is a taser that can be aimed at a usernet poster
thru the screen, maybe configured so that whenever certain ones press
send they get a jolt.

I can understand your frustration, and proposed Skinnerian solution,
but would you truly want to introduce censorship into this uniquely
egalitarian forum?

Personally, I'd prefer that those who find it beyond their ability to
restrain themselves from reacting had your negative reward device
installed. :-) That would improve the newsgroup's signal-to-noise
ratio far more than stifling the trolls.