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[Killietalk] Don't feed the trolls, please

Larry Botkin, who I've otherwise killfiled, has sunk to trolling this board. What am I talking about? Well, how about this:
 
Here is one recent post from 'Thumper Cat', who I contend is actually Larry Botkin, of Waco (Whacko?) texas:
    1. Whatever hppened (Thumper Cat)(note the quality spelling of 'happened'. Trolls are like this)
 
Here is the originating address:
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2006 11:13:52 -0500From: "Thumper Cat" <thumpercat1 at hotmail_com>
 
Then he throws the accusations, innuendos and other blather around, and signs it:
> John Travis    Known as Thumper
People unfortunately respond to the troll. Now, a bit further on, we see the following witty followup from the putative 'thumper cat'
> Message: 10> Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2006 15:38:18 -0500> From: "Thumper Cat" <thumpercat1 at hotmail_com>> Subject: [Killietalk] RE;   What Happened> To: killietalk at aka_org> > To Bill and Barry;<snip> 
>      I have stated what I perceive to be the negatives in my earlier post.> > Larry> 
Well then, "Thumpercat", are you Larry, or are you John? You prove yourself to be a troll by your own actions. You should have signed your followup as John, not Larry to continue your charade. 
 
In addition, a quick look at July's messages show that the *real* John Travis has modified his mail client to make it difficult for auto-mail-readers to spam him, i.e., his posts originate from
From: "Thumper Cat" <thumpercat1 at hotmail_com> 
 
note the 'at'. Larry, of course, not being that sophisticated, just uses the basic hotmail client to respond. Perhaps he's borrowed John's account. That's of little concern.
 
 Trolling. How sad. 
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