# Do you feel proud for threatening a 15-year-old? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 26, 2006, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-feel-proud-for-threatening-a-15-year-old/354353 "2006-04-26T20:11:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-feel-proud-for-threatening-a-15-year-old/354353/61 "2006-04-28T19:12:35Z")
[QUOTE=Giraffe] I was a bit terse in my first reponse – I’ll clarify. Trolling as we define it is a pattern of behavior, not a singular act. Consistently taking up false positions to try to piss people off is trolling. Consistently hijacking threads in order to bait people is trolling. Getting mad and saying rude things to someone in the Pit is not trolling. Making a silly, over-the-top argument which provoke hostility in others is not trolling. [/QUOTE] I appreciate you taking the time to clarify for me. You’d think that I’d have been here long enough to know this stuff. I have to admit that this wasn’t my own definition of ‘trolling’, but it makes sense. Sorry I was an ass about all this…I guess the back and forth comments there about mothers and such just hit me wrong. [QUOTE=Giraffe] We don’t want to intercede in arguments between posters, especially in the Pit. That would make for a shitty message board. If someone is being an asshole or saying stupid things, crush them with brilliant insights and caustic mockery. Attention-seeking trolls, on the other hand, crave the mockery and attention so we would rather you informed us when you suspected someone of posting only to cause problems. Any attention-seeking/inflammatory behavior which you believe should result in moderator action should be handled via email/reported posts, not in-thread accusations. So, by definition, if you believe someone is breaking the “no trolling” rule, you should not say so in the thread. [/QUOTE] I didn’t want to look like an idiot reporting the posts if it wasn’t trolling (which it appears it wasn’t in fact), so I asked the question. It really wasn’t supposed to be a coy way of calling someone a troll in a backhanded fashion, but a real question (I don’t actually hang out here in the Pit very often). When asked directly I by Red I gave my honest opinion…to me it DID seem to be trolling, or at least beyond the pale. In any case, I’ve hijacked this thread enough with my inane questions. I apologize for breaking the rule and will note it for future reference. Consider me spanked. 😛 -XT ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-feel-proud-for-threatening-a-15-year-old/354353/62 "2006-04-28T20:17:22Z")
[QUOTE=DrDeth] Not that those idots are defensible, but the whole “she’s a **15 yo** so be nice to here” is wrong. [/QUOTE] I never said anything like “they should be nice to her”. I just think someone is fundamentally ill in the head if they have to issue threats of physical harm on a minor. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-feel-proud-for-threatening-a-15-year-old/354353/63 "2006-04-28T20:31:14Z")
[QUOTE=xtisme] I didn’t want to look like an idiot reporting the posts if it wasn’t trolling (which it appears it wasn’t in fact), so I asked the question. It really wasn’t supposed to be a coy way of calling someone a troll in a backhanded fashion, but a real question (I don’t actually hang out here in the Pit very often). When asked directly I by Red I gave my honest opinion…to me it DID seem to be trolling, or at least beyond the pale. In any case, I’ve hijacked this thread enough with my inane questions. I apologize for breaking the rule and will note it for future reference. Consider me spanked. 😛 [/QUOTE] **xtisme** , we’re cool. Note that I wasn’t Warning you in my first message, and really should have done the clarification thing in the first pass instead of just a drive-by admonishment. I think the trolling rules are at least somewhat confusing to a lot of people, so we’ll tend to cut you some slack if you are honestly just trying to puzzle out the rules. (Although as a general rule these types of discussions really should be in their own thread.) Definitely don’t hesitate to report posts – even if a post is deemed to be within the rules, we always appreciate having potential problems brought to our attention. ---
**Author:** ![jlzania](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/67e7ee/32.png) [@jlzania](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jlzania)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-feel-proud-for-threatening-a-15-year-old/354353/64 "2006-04-28T20:38:15Z")
[QUOTE=rjung] I never said anything like “they should be nice to her”. I just think someone is fundamentally ill in the head if they have to issue threats of physical harm on a minor. [/QUOTE] Actually,I’m not sure that her age is entirely the issue here. In my book, people that express the semtiment that someone should be raped or executed for their political beliefs is one sick mo-fo. Period. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-feel-proud-for-threatening-a-15-year-old/354353.md?page=3)