john@townend.com seems to take issue with a simple question I posed several months ago. To date 79 distinct requests have been made for that page, all via search engines looking for the words smoking and singing, and none have elicited a response, let alone a venomous one like his.
(The question–why do singers perform at venues that cause them harm–is a valid one, according to Dr. Douglas Hoffman, yet I’ve still to receive an answer. Financial need is the only explanation I can come up with.)
Given his witty rebuttal to my question, John seems to me to be an individual who… posts specious arguments, flames or personal attacks to a newsgroup, discussion list, or in email for no other purpose than to annoy someone or disrupt a discussion. There’s a word for such behaviour, and it’s generally recommended that one doesn’t feed his sort.
Congratulations, John. You’ve wasted five minutes of my life. Enjoy the snack–you won’t be getting any more–and Happy New Year.
You’re right, Peter. There is a word for this guy but it’s not the one you mention. It’s acutally this one:
http://tinyurl.com/405u
Ouch.. now PJ knows how to run a tight blog… too bad i don’t get posts on mine. ;(
And yes, I did see the comment directly attacking me and my blog (or lack thereof). I choose not to comment. *humph*
Croptop: You say tomato…. Right to the point as always.
mikem: I’ll post something nasty on yours if you want–I’m in the right mood (see today’s entry, http://peterjanes.ca/blog/archives/2003/01/03/grouchy_new_year.html ). And I haven’t even been in to work yet.