BlueJay, "trolling" and "flaming" are not the same thing. Flaming, as Melani mentioned, typically uses scathing and incendiary language. I haven't seen any in this thread. Trolling is typically throwing out a provocative message (the bait) in the hopes that some people (the fish) will rise to it with emotionally charged responses. I haven't seen that in this thread either.

Jack the Sailor, DougR's post does not constitute a troll. He was not trying to get people to make fools of themselves debating a loaded question. He was interested in your opinion, although not for the reason you might have hoped.

DougR, I think you'll find that the "MD" in "Stanley Wyatt Baltimore, MD" stands for Maryland, not for Medical Doctor.