If someone were stealing something or hurting someone, it would be necessary to stop them, requiring policing action, and penalty. Many full time jobs. (cops, lawyers, judges and jailers).
The forums are a little different. If someone were speaking verbally in this manner, we would call their words "mouth farts", and say they smell bad.
These are marks on a screen and I would call them "finger farts", but they still smell bad.
Penalty or some other "combative" activity is neither productive or ultimately effective. It also hurts the "attitute" of the "house".
Neither Joyce nor I have the time or interest to play the policing game or the penalty game.
In the case of Fisher, he wouldn't be the first to "speak" without thinking and be sorry later for something said. I imagine in time he can win your/our respect. We've had more than one new poster that came on smelly but turned around and became a benefit to this forum.
In the case of Vinnie, the behavior is different. He either hasn't noticed or doesn't care that he's irritating and even offending others.
Like a child starving for attention, if they can't get it by being good, or smart or cooperative, they'll try to get it by being destructive.
I must agree with Zackerty. His wisdom is strong.
The worst thing that you can do to someone, IMO, is treat them with indifference. Indifference means they aren't worth any of your time or thoughts.
The most "aggressive" action where attention is being demanded though "finger farts"is to be indifferent and ignore the marks on your screen, smile :) , and think to yourself that you are in fact "fighting" with a powerful weapon.......indifference.
I am quite proud of the visiters to the Spyderco house and they've always proved superior in their ability to think on a higher plain.
Perhaps, in time, Vinnie will mature and realize that he can get more attention, and even positive attention with another behavior.
Or perhaps he won't. Perhaps he will be destructive nuisance all of his life. I know some of those. My kids used to call them" gluteus maximus orifices".
So I suggest we use Zacherty's wisdom, remember to smile.
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"It takes all kinds of animals to make a forrest. Without the leach and mosquito, one does not appreciate the hawk and the deer".
