Quote: Please consider that your current standards and bases have you swallowing hook, line and sinker the stink bait cast by an obvious troll.
That's your binary interpretation, Yoda. My choice to respond to an obnoxious poster isn't limited to the single option you want to expouse.
I've played on usenet for more than a decade (it's usenet, wear a cup). When it comes to trolls, I find the "don't feed the trolls" people interesting. You're hoisting yourself on your own petard, by feeding the troll feeder. Never mind, I'll pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.
Of course, your Monty Python quote does help assuage my wounded spirit.
"It's a mere fleshwound. I've had worse!"
MrsNOP - One of my favorites, "It's a trick. Get an axe!"