On Wed, 08 Sep 2004 14:49:37 GMT, Bill Loftin
> wrote:

>Vino wrote:
>
>> Just for the hell of it, I looked up Scarpitti in Google. Here is a
>> direct quote from another poster on rec.photo.darkroom:
>> Vino
>
>There are far too many people in this group that jump on anyone with
>a different opinion (and lets face it, that is what most of this group
>is). Calling some one names is great if you are a net cop. Too many
>good people have been chased out of this group by such actions as this.
>I googled on Scarpitti's postings and I did not find anything at all
>that would indicate that he is a troll. He is remarkably opinionated
>and bases most of what he has posted in this group to his own experience
>but I would like to think that if he sticks around he will become more
>educated and valued member.
>
I can only recall only one other instance in the past couple of years
where "far too many people in this group" *jumped* on someone who was
expressing a contrary opinion (at least about wine; OT matters such as
politics are a different matter). There may have been others but Mr.
Vega is the one I remember. Virtually every regular poster here,
comprising a group whose opinions I have come to greatly respect
(although I don't always agree with them), has told Mr. Scarpitti that
he is wrong. When the evidence is irrefutable, he either ignores the
posting, changes his argument to fit the evidence, or misrepresents
what the poster has said.

And with all due respect, how do you know that what he is saying is
based on his own experience? As for Google, I found the quote that was
in my OP after about five minutes of looking at perhaps a dozen
postings. In no way was I inclined to go through the approximately
12,500 (that is not a typo) postings that he has made to various
groups.

I don't really care if he sticks around. I've killfiled him. I am not
as optimistic as you are about his becoming an educated and valued
member here.

Vino
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