On Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:34:33 -0500, Jim Logajan
wrote:

[Off topic stuff snipped]

I know you mean well, but it is you (and now me), and those of us who
respond to these trolls who fuel their ongoing abuse. It is the
indignation and perplexity of respectable folks that they find
rewarding. Anyone who is unable to realize the trolls' true
mobilization is part of the problem. Aside from reporting them to the
appropriate administrators, the sole weapon available to us is to
IGNORE THEM.

My Psych 101 professor taught me, that the best way to extinguish a
behavior is to stop rewarding it.