On patrol

There are certain Skypeland figures who insist on "patrolling" various Skypeland venues for extended periods. These characters pull long stretches logged into Skypeland, sometimes punctuated by breaks of varying lengths.

Many just use a Skypeland discussion as a radio, and rarely if ever weigh in and contribute themselves. Others are much more acutely aware of what is being said, and attempt to respond to any comments they object to. Some even try to censor or silence conversations. For example:

*C from Denmark

C will interrupt an exchange to tell various Skypeland participants that they "talk to much" or tell them to "piss off" and yell out, "you bastard". C has a tendency to try to protect Islamic extremists, Holocaust Deniers, antiSemites and conspiracy theorists by telling those arguing against them to shut up.

*D from Greece

D sits in Skypeland for prolonged stints, telling jokes, recounting stories, and giving advice. D has a few special topics he always returns to however. He is a fierce defender of Israel, and frequently brings up Baba Yar, Ukrainian site of a Nazi slaughter of tens of thousands of Jews during World War II.

*the international spy and hit man, bathroom contractor R

R is loud and obnoxious and almost always drunk when he is in Skypeland. R has a difficult time letting anyone else speak, and always tries to turn every conversation around to a discourse on anal sex, excrement, evacuation and male buttocks. R threatens to slaughter anyone who challenges him and eat their flesh.

Of course, R claims he has no homosexual tendencies and is not at all violent.

*Mucus

Unemployed and frequently starving, malnourished uneducated angry muck expert and high school dropout Mucus sits in Skypeland smoking one hand-rolled cigarette after another, snorting and sniffling, breathing through his mouth noisily. A few days ago Mucus said his secret technique when applying for jobs is to claim he cannot read and write, giving him an "advantage" over others. Reading some postings by Mucus on a website, I wonder if this tactic is closer to the truth than Mucus lets on.

Mucus attacks almost any American that dares to speak in one Skypeland venue. He complains bitterly that he hates the evil United States, the dirty filthy Jews and a country he believes is worse than Nazi Germany, Israel. If anyone tries to discuss anything with Mucus, and particularly if they disagree with Mucus, Mucus lets loose with a stream of expletives and imprecations, and fantasizes about how nice it would be to murder as many people listening as possible.

However, Mucus claims he is not antiAmerican, or uneducated, and that he is perfectly sane and rational. And he wants to kill you if you disagree.

*the mystery man A

Perhaps the champion "room patroller" in Skypeland is the mystery man A. The mystery man A will either sit quietly monitoring a discussion for hours and hours, many times illegally recording the participants in an attempt to embarrass and harass them, or blurt out a comment every few minutes for hours and hours on end.

The mystery man A tries to drive out anyone he dislikes from a room, or change the topic of conversation. The mystery man A brags and brags about his supposedly glorious resume and chants things like "shut the fuck up shut the fuck up shut the fuck up" over and over and over to drown out others. The mystery man A plays recordings of people he dislikes for long extended periods to silence conversations he wants to stop.

If anyone expresses some reservations about mystery man A's screwball conspiracy theories, or his claims that the Holocaust never happened, or A's allegations that there is a secret worldwide cabal of Jews running the world, the mystery man A threatens to harass them, or "out" them, to sue them, or to hunt them down and kill them. [1] The mystery man A nurtures acrimonious relationships with a huge stable of Skypelanders on his "enemies list".

On the day of the mystery man A's purported wedding, he visited one Skypeland venue every 10 or 15 minutes for about 20 hours straight. The mystery man A visits Skypeland at midnight his time, and at 4 am his time. The mystery man A visits Skypeland during the work day. The mystery man A visits Skypeland when you would think he would be with his young family and his alleged wife, or dealing with the multimillion dollar international businesses he supposedly operates.

The mystery man A has advertised for months that his only purpose for visiting Skypeland is to disrupt discussions, cause dissension, irritate others, create confusion, engage in obstreperous trolling and generally piss people off. The net effect is that the mystery man A probably causes more fights, drives more people away from Skypeland and prematurely destroys more conversations than anyone else in Skypeland.

I guess it is extremely important to the mystery man A that he patrol one particular Skypeland venue. He has repeatedly said he was leaving forever it because of someone insulting his father, or some other alleged affront, but then he is back within hours to engage in more petulant belligerent behavior.

I don't know why this "Skypeland patrolman" is so desperate and even frantic to squelch discussions and comments he disagrees with. It would be a simple matter for the mystery man A to host conversations in another room dedicated to his own particular interests. However, I get the impression that bullying others just is too much fun for him.