Simple response: The trolls are out there, and are going to raise their ignorant voices and show what fools they are, for all the world to see. The best policy is to ignore them. Or as former Florida Governor Charlie Christ said when one of the parties to a branch of the General Petraeus scandal tried to implicate him in the shenanigans of the Kelley sisters: "Consider the source." It really is not worth getting yourself exercised over, because the whole effort of trying to "educate" the trolls is similar to that of trying to teach a pig to sing: It wastes your time and annoys the pig. Karen Packard Rhodes Enjoying a holiday at home in Middleburg, Clay County, Florida On 11/22/2012 8:58 PM, Kathy Gunter Sullivan, CG wrote: > I cannot comment at the /Tampa Bay/ website > <http://www2.tbo.com/lifestyles/life/2012/nov/18/banewso8-drive-by-genealogists-should-learn-a-few-ar-567094/> > because I do not do Facebook. Some bloggers have picked up the article > and made it a "cause" in bloggers' world. > > <http://wetree.blogspot.com/2012/11/time-to-pop-cap-in-term-drive-by.html> > <http://mmgenealogy.blogspot.com/2012/11/grand-theft-genealogy.html> > <http://sherifenley.blogspot.com/2012/11/ketchup-and-thanksgiving-this-is-not.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FrwzNy+%28THE++EDUCATED++GENEALOGIST%29> > > The slammed author attempts to point out and educate about problems > with evidence evaluation. Hyperbole--exaggeration to create emphasis > or effect--is employed by many authors and bloggers to make a point is > not a bad thing. In this instance it is inflated on flogs (oops, > blogs) as if it is a personal attack on "hobbiests" [/sic]/ and > Ancestry.com--neither of which were mentioned in the author's article. > And as if "license" was a serious proposition. There was no personal > attack upon anyone in the author's article despite the prevailing > crowd mentality of the commentators (a few of whom admit they have not > even read the article). > > Not everything about is "you" (whoever you are). There is no > common-sense reason to take every comment by an author or a blogger as > a personal affront. > > Kathy Gunter Sullivan >