> ®i©ardo wrote:

>> Steve Firth wrote:

>>> BrianW hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>

>>>> On 6 Jul, 04:23, %%steve%%@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) wrote:

>>>>> BrianW hotmail.com> wrote:

>>>>>> Recently, you mentioned that Gollum once admitted that he views
>>>>>> any disagreement with him as a personal attack (can you post a
>>>>>> link, if you have it?).

>>>>> AF2541E296688D34A@noid.demon.co.uk

>>>> Thanks. Was he forced to give this apology, on pain of being
>>>> expelled from the group or something?

>>> The story is quite convoluted. He was "invited" to drop into
>>> demon.local by a regular with a reputation for stirring up trouble -
>>> a woman who had a silly game of flirting with men to see what their
>>> reaction was, and mocking the men in email to others and on IRC. Her
>>> tactic seemed to be to send them erotic poetry and to indulge in
>>> titilating email interchanges, which the poor dears took as a
>>> promise of delights to come.
>>>
>>> She flattered Duhg's ego and asked him into d.l. to take on the
>>> "cabal" of regular posters. Her behaviour was (to me) extraordinary
>>> she seemed to get a buzz out of getting various people to fall for
>>> her, then dropped them unceremoniously in public so that she could
>>> get a rush out of watching them self-destruct.
>>>
>>> Some behind the scenes email then went on and she was "shopped" by
>>> someone disgusted with her behaviour. Once she had been outed she was
>>> asked to get rid of her latest pet and she asked to Duhg to stop
>>> posting to the group, which he did. No one, AFAIK asked for the
>>> apology but it looks as if the love-smitten Duhg offered one
>>> voluntarily. He wasn't alone BTW, I can recall several individuals
>>> falling for the
>>> woman in question and doing some quite ridiculous things in order to
>>> secure her affection/attention. It resulted in a number of flounces
>>> from d.l and some extremely nasty interchanges between individuals.
>>> Duhg simply walked into something he didn't understand and was ill
>>> equipped to cope with.

>> "Ill equipped" when he's that big a prick?

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> Size isn't everything.
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