1. So, who are all these people?
2. Alright, so who are "The Good?"
3. Okay, now who are "The Bad?"
5. Is there any etiquette to killfiling?
6. What is the Final Solution?
While there is a law on the ASVS books that says a person can be banished -- i.e. no registered voter may respond to his posts -- this isn't the same as a Final Solution. First of all, that law is extremely unlikely to ever be implemented. It's just there in case we need it.
But the FS, more importantly, is not just a mass-killfiling. It doesn't even require use of a killfile. When someone goes under FS, the idea is to stop acknowledging they even *exist.* This was the idea I had when I wrote the original Final Solution for [Timothy Jones]. What they crave is attention, so you don't give it to them. That's it.
"No attention," though, really means it. You don't just not talk to them. You don't talk about them. You don't reference them. Nothing. If they read the group and find 100 "[Declaration] SB1FM and Anti-Troll Jihad Unite to Destroy Tim Jones! (TGOD Style)" threads, then they're still getting what they crave.
The Final Solution is not a toy. It's not something to be used against every troll who crosses the path; just killfile them and they'll go away. The Final Solution is to be used against legitimate menaces to debate. If you can't tell the difference between Tim Jones and Cock Rocket, then you can't ever really understand why Tim Jones was a menace in the first place.
The Final Solution, further, is permanent. You can't "lift" it. That's like trying to lift a tea kettle from a black hole. Once someone has had the Final Solution applied, it's over. That's why the word "Final" is in there.
The Final Solution is for when everyone agrees, "OK, this sucks." When you can't debate anymore because the person in question is totally dominating discussion with things which simply go nowhere. When they either have to leave or the group fundamentally has to change.
7. Who is under the Final Solution?