If I was a mod I would have taken this for trolling and closed it right away. Even if this is somehow not trolling, which it definitely is, it's a stupid concept that anybody should have to explain the idea that people look for specific things from specific IPs to OP. I assume he's just being given the benefit of the doubt because be might be a naive kid and we don't want to shut that down cruelly.
I mean how many of the responses are only addressing the actual topic for fear of being considered derailing? At some point even naive kids have to learn not to post dumbass topics if they want to participate, right?
I want to start by saying I really do understand how you feel. This guy's post history is nauseating.
But we have to be fair. We have to respect the principle that, whenever feasible, we exchange and address ideas in good faith.
Mods did revise the OT to inform him that he's walking on thin ice. You know he's trolling, I know he is and the mods do too. But it's not about him, it's about upholding the rediscovered principles that make a good forum- freedom of expression. It's about setting a good precedent and always being on the lookout for knee-jerk reactions that could set a bad one.
Because we know full well that there could come a person who genuinely suggests a seemingly ludicrous idea. If we have allowed ourselves to become an echo chamber we will not be able to digest anything absent from or conflicting with our preemptive menu.
Nobody is being fooled by this guy, don't worry.