Someone calling themselves “maybenot” left the following in the comments to the previous entry, concerning Monday’s troll incident.

Um, did you really call the L.I.S.D.? Becuase you really scared my friend, if that’s what you were going for, scaring middle schoolers, you should be proud of yourself. Good job.

This steamed me a bit, so here’s my response:

Maybenot,

Yes, I did call Leander ISD. I will not tolerate people spewing crap on my weblog, regardless of their age. Given that your illiterate little friend called me a “fagish com. geek” in the comments on my own website, then tried to put someone else’s email and phone number on this site, a little scare isn’t a big deal. Maybe it’s what he needed.

Quite frankly, the very idea that I should be ashamed of myself for reporting this says more about you than it does about me.

The very attitude that I should somehow be ashamed of this really irked me.  It reflects an attitude that he should be entitled to come on my weblog and spew garbage towards me and act like some kind of online vandal. 

While websites and weblogs didn’t exist when I was that age, I know that if I’d done the equivalent my butt would have been heated by the principal’s paddle (or my dad’s belt).  Unfortunately, that’s an effective method of discipline, so it has of course been removed from schools. 

Coddling kids and excusing their bad behavior will not serve us well in the long run. 

But what do I know, I’m just surly curmudgeon who’s starting to feel more disconnected from the current generation every day.  I’m not sure where the cutoff occurred, but it probably won’t be long until I’m yelling at the neighborhood kids.

<old man voice>
Damn kids!  Get off my lawn.
</old man voice>