Aloha, forum members:
I'd like everyone to know how much I regret that I was unable to avoid the troll, EyeEatingFish. I should have known from his name alone he had issues!
As much as I tried to limit replies to him, he's like a little kid nagging and nagging and nagging until you can't ignore him any longer. I noticed several others having long running off-topic arguments with him as well, so I don't think I was the only one being drawn into his never ending downward spiral of loosely related tangents. Maybe I was drawn into it deeper because he singled me out more, or maybe I didn't understand how incapable he is of accepting any viewpoint he didn't already agree with.
Regardless, I know not to mud wrestle with pigs, but sometimes ego says "maybe you can teach him a lesson this time!" Little did I know how adept he is at deflection, obfuscation, misdirection, and regularly backtracking his comments as "not what I meant"!
I understand this is not my own little playground, and the forum must be shared. As such, you try to make it something others will be proud of. I have to admit, I'm not proud of the arguing back and forth, nor of wasting my time trying to reason with the unreasonable. I was optimistic, but I see now the collateral damage outweighed any hope of reaching him..
As Mark Twain is quoted as saying: "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience." I can humbly say I have now been beaten by someone with much more experience in this field than have I.
On a final note, my LIKES-to-POSTS ratio is still above 21%, while his is not even 4.5%. That's amazing given that I've only just joined recently and only 8 likes behind his total of 96! That alone tells me my contributions are well received by the other members here. Mahalo for the supportive feedback!
I promise to do better. I admit he's very good at what he does and sometimes not very obvious about it. In spite of that, I'll do my part to the best of my ability.
Mahalo!
