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Re: i admit i was wrong
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Sun, 15 Aug 1999 08:31:11 GMT
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Todd Lehman skrev i meddelandet <37b5d3ce.243668797@lugnet.com>...

I don't see how throwing someone out necessarily escalates (or degenerates)
into a small elite.  That seems to me like a worst-worst-case scenerio, the
probability of which being 0.0000001% or something like that.

Well, isn't a worst-case scenario the normal case in discussions :-)


Do you remember the person who identified himself as "Mandroid" in RTL?
Not really, it was before I was actively reading RTL, but I have seen the
later references - as I understand it there was 'malicious intent' in those
posts, while I don't belive JW really _intends_ to irritate - it's just the
way he is.


I think it's time to get down to action - warning letter to JW, group voting,
immediate throw-out, whatever you decide, but make a decision now, so we can
stop these discussions before they (the discussions) become as big a threat as
the discussion subject.

--
Anders Isaksson, Sweden
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(...) Agreed. Call the question. (1) 1 - from Robert's rules of order, which we are NOT using here, but which people refer to sometimes in group situations even when they don't apply. "call the question" is short for "I make a motion to vote on the (...) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-99, to lugnet.admin.general)

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