Quote: And while you're at it, it might be worth your while to thumb back thru and see where the first appeal to authority came from. Just don't let that interfere with all the chanting and supplicating and general worshipfulness that should be going on.
Yes, do. It was when you played troll cop.
I made no appeal to authority. I made note of my experience of encountering trolls, 'cause usenet is full of them. You then went on to play "you're a noob" and I again made no appeal to authority, but pointed to my experience that gave lie to your attempt to play the " you're inferior to my technical prowess".
But don't let the facts get in the way of a good push to establish an ego boost for positional superiority. Everyone needs a kingdom, I guess.