While the entire Fraser River is lined with people armed with bouncing betties targetting Sockeye.. Do you think it's a realistic goal to get all of these people to stop snagging? I think we should let them keep their non-mouth snagged fish and get off the water so they don't stand there damaging more and more fish all day just to take 2 out of 10 that are hooked in the mouth.
I give you 4/10 for the Topic Change(TC)/Hijack attempt.
Believe it or not, a successful thread jacker will posses sufficient knowledge and skills on the art of trolling. What you, Mr JonFiveHill failed to do was several things.
1)Monitor thread activity. Who is posting, the amount of posts per hour, and how the discussion is going (Ex. Is it heated? Relaxed? Full of trolls?) This is important as a heated discussion among more than 2 persons has a higher probability of the TC to get a foothold.
2) Take note of what threads you have authored in the past. Did it get good feedback? Were you attempting to troll? Was there any notable individuals providing you with resistance?
3)Wording is everything. The above paragraph was worded poorly. A good TC will be one sentence or less, and directed at an individual to engage him/her in a emotional rebuttal. This is where you hope more people jump in to defend what's morally right.
There is a lot more to it, though its far too situation specific for me to cover this in detail. Hope this helps.