In article >,
"Bob Terwilliger" > wrote:

> Dan wrote:
>
> > What many of us have realized is that Sheldon thinks that this group is
> > just a big joke. This is his sense of humor. Some people enjoy it,
> > others don't. Someone who he used to bombard with Emails (and he has
> > stated quite clearly that he has only Emailed a handful of people on this
> > group, and then only a couple of times) explained it once. He posts the
> > most outrageous things, and then waits to see what reaction he gets.
> > Sometimes people believe him. Sometimes they get really irate. Either
> > way he is happy. He's probably chuckling away to his cats right now about
> > how he's got you going again.
>
> The behavior you describe is simply the definition of trolling.
>
> However, Occam's Razor indicates a more obvious explanation: Clueless AOL
> newbie Sheldon "Pussy" Katz really *is* as stupid, ignorant, bigoted, and
> delusional as his posts indicate, but he wants people to believe he's just
> joking about it.

That thought has crossed my mind also. And what Sheldon thinks, and the
truth, don't correspond very well.

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA