Not all the time. But sometimes it is hard to avoid that conclusion:
Don’t know if it would be classed as trolling, but the poster in question seems to be pretty upfront that he is trying to piss people off.
Thanks for the kind words, though.
Regards,
Shodan (who is trying not to be, you know…) 
Got a problem? Report the post.
What problem? I was answering a specific question posed by a mod.
Which post would that be?
Excalibre did that to me recently. He announced that I had suddenly changed my philosophy, reporting that I had said some time back that love comes from the limbic system whereas now I am saying it is a force. I believe that he posted that misrepresentation deliberately, knowing that it was deceitful. I believe this because a) he is smart enough to know the difference between love as emotion and love as charity, b) he knew that if I protested he could lead a pile-on about “nitpicking”, and c) he opportunistically linked to a thread which he perceived as damning of me and which he labelled a trainwreck, knowing all the while that nary a reference to love as a force was ever made. And when I calmly explained the discrepancies and problems with what he said, he admitted no mistake and continued his chest thumping lies. There was no reason on earth to do that other than to stir up shit.
You should be banned for calling people trolls.
You are bound and determined to be an asshole, aren’t you. Three times I asked, all pretty like, for you to take it elsewhere, but no, that’s not good enough for you. You just gotta be a prick and turn every thread into you. You’re a sad, pathetic little man.
And you’re still ducking all the posts with cites to your behavior. Not that you have much credibility, but I thought maybe, just maybe, you might care enough about it to get around to responding to those.
Is there some sort of organic brain dysfunction underlying what folks like Elvisl1ves do? It’s that strange trait of trying to argue with everyone in the room that “People do too like me!” He’s gotten pretty clear feedback, and yet he keeps arguing, as though you can convince folks to like you by arguing with them that they ought to. I don’t understand people who simply cannot comprehend the idea that maybe their behavior is unpleasant. Even if everyone else agrees that Elvisl1ves is an obnoxious idiot, he can’t admit to himself that just maybe his style gets on other people’s nerves. And he thinks that by yelling and screaming and insulting people, he’ll convince them that he doesn’t annoy them.
There’s only one way for the thread to stop being about Elvis, and that’s for everyone to stop talking about him. (Obviously I’m talking about him with this post–I’ve held off making it for over a page for just that reason. At this point, however, I figure it’s not going to make the issue any worse).
If he wants to keep defending himself in the thread, let him. Don’t respond to it.
Just a suggestion.
Daniel
I propose banning anyone who’s suggested the banning of someone else.
That’ll do ya.
Haven’t you been banned yet? 
Is “propose” the same as “suggest”?
I’m trying to come up with some joke about a Moebius banned, but no luck so far.
Daniel
Still waiting for *one * of those “cites”, Hamlet, one - all we’ve got are the likes of you and Excalibre saying “We keep telling you you’re a poopypants. When are you going to prove you’re not?” Put up or shut up, schmucks - you’ve apparently read something you don’t like but can’t even say what it is. “Cites” indeed. :rolleyes: Better look up the definition.
LHOD, saying you’re not responding to someone defending himself from you is a **most ** peculiar way to claim the high ground, innit? :wally:
You’re doing a damn fine job of improving the standards of this board here, ain’tcha, Hammie? You complain about behavior in one post, and go do it yourself in another. Now go do what you already suggested to me, and consider the number of people who’ve told you that you are an asshole, and why that might be. Or you could simply quit the slander - if you really are a lawyer, you ought to know better. But you just can’t admit you screwed up, can you? Not after *this * display.
Once more into the breach!!!
Discussion of Elvisl1ves can go here.
I don’t think so. He asked what reasons there would be to ban those posters, I gave the reason. That’s a little different than running around accusing Poster X of being a troll out of the blue. Since “troll” is a bannable offense, it’s an acceptable answer to the question “For what reason should someone be banned”. MHO only and YMMV.
Hmmm, I’ll take “whiny bitch” for 1000 Alex.
If the mods will assure the application of the policy will be objective, I’ll sacrifice myself for the greater good. 
What is it I don’t get?
I state the board is not liberal from the UK point of view, since both US parties are considered centre or rightwing by us here.
You say they are even further right.
Well that emphasises my point even more. 