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Re: Libertarian debate in danger of pollution (was Re: Will Libertopia cause the needy to get less?
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lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sun, 3 Dec 2000 22:27:41 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Scott Edward Sanburn writes:
> > Not to chime in too much this this discussion sounds more like a debate than
> > off.topic.fun.
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> It leaked over here when a .debate novice set FUT incorrectly to point here
> just because something funny was said. I set the FUT back in my reply, but
> of course, once ONE post appears in a group, you always run the risk of
> latecomers missing out on the re-redirect...
Oops. My bad. I should have caught that, but as you say, I was away for what
has got to be one of the biggest weeks on l.o-t.d and was racing to mow through
hundreds of posts. At this point I'm overwhelmed and haven't even looked at
the critical thinking thread.
> Personally the whole topic is not even really good debate fodder.
I think that depends on your meaning. I think your Lehmanarianism illustrates
the point superbly, for those willing to get it at least.
> FUT admin.general in hope there's some way of dealing with the larger
> problem of topic derailment. I'd support a new rule for .debate to prevent
> it, were it possible to construct such a rule, which I have my doubts about.
How would such a rule work? And are you looking for a rule that would have
to be arbitrated or a technical solution? What if it was just something like
the FUT automatically being set to .debate for every note that appears in
.debate? Anyone could purposely slide conversations back out, but it would
have to be with purpose. It would have avoided my mistake.
In light of Todd's idea of lugnet.off-topic.debate.pit.of.flamebait or
whatever, I suspect that serious consideration to Frank's final "suggestion" of
just doing away with .debate won't be given. I hope that's so. Not only do I
really value some of the discussions that we've had there, but I do think that
letting some people have a little more elbow room for sparring in one place
keeps their need for snipes out of more LEGO-oriented conversation in the other
newsgroups.
Anyway, sorry for slipping into .fun.
Chris
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