what exactly constitutes a troll?

sorry for the naive question, but what is all this fuss
about Mxsmanic? may be am I missing something obvious,
I must confess that I haven't read all his posts, but I
am a bit surprised by the rather hostile reactions that
he received; I mean, ok, he doesn't fly 'for real',
and sometimes his questions are a tad naives, but hey,
as far as I am concerned if he is an aviation enthusiast,
or at least a wanna-be, I don't see why he should be
shuned. May be he cannot afford to fly, may be is he
too young, may be is he a dog -- this is internet
remember :-) -- or whatever, but we seem to be getting
along just fine with Skylune who advocates grounding
us all, so what am I missing?

--Sylvain

A native of lower Michigan.

Wikipedia has a rather interesting article on the subject:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll

Sylvain wrote:
sorry for the naive question, but what is all this fuss
about Mxsmanic?

Go back and read all the posts... You'll probably understand at that
point... If not, then read again, but this time try reading for
comprehension... At one time, I thought that perhaps he might just be
completely clueless, but the more he posts, the more I'm certain that
he's just a ****in' troll... Different than many of the trolls, but a
troll none the less...

Grumman-581 wrote:

sorry for the naive question, but what is all this fuss
about Mxsmanic?
Go back and read all the posts...

ok, will do.

--Sylvain

Jim Logajan wrote:
Wikipedia has a rather interesting article on the subject:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll

Interesting read... Of course, it just confirms my opinion that trolls
should be shot on sight...

as opposed to an uppie?

Jon Kraus
'79 Mooney 201
4443H @ UMP

Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
A native of lower Michigan.

"Jon Kraus" wrote in message
...

as opposed to an uppie?


Yooper, (UPer).

On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 01:50:24 GMT, Jon Kraus
wrote:

as opposed to an uppie?

Ahhh I was going to say "That Yuper...Yuper pronounced you..per" but
Steve beat me to it.:-))


Jon Kraus
'79 Mooney 201
4443H @ UMP

Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
A native of lower Michigan.


Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

Jon Kraus wrote:
as opposed to an uppie?

Jon Kraus
'79 Mooney 201
4443H @ UMP

Steven P. McNicoll wrote:

A native of lower Michigan.


I think that is a yooper, not an uppie. :-)


Matt