Since this thread is going to take on new importance here, I thought I'd note that a lot of people misunderstood my use of the word "troll" in an early post.
"Troll" is old usenet lingo for someone who comes to a discussion group, usually under a fake identity, for the purpose of stirring trouble by posting things at odds with the group's basic assumptions.
(It isn't, as some people seemed to think, any kind of reference to physical appearance.)
If I were my friend Ozzy, I'd start crowing about how right I was.