Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:44:11 -0300, nemesis wrote:
> 
>> Invisible wrote:
>>> nemesis wrote:
>>>> I want povray to evolve.  Being provocative is a way to do that.
>>> No - being provocative to the point of trolling is a way to get
>>> everybody to completely ignore you. ;-)
>> eventually, that kind of attitude will lead to everybody ignoring
>> povray, except for the geekiest of geeks...
> 
> Andy's right - being "provocative" (interesting use of the word) just 
> pisses people off.  Pissed off people don't listen.
> 
> After all, in the religion discussion, I was being provocative and you 
> ran off.  More or less proves the point, don't you think?

yes, it pisses people off and they'll ignore you, for a time.  But the 
damn thing will echo in their heads and eventually they'll do something 
about it. ;)

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