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Subject:	Re: Block user X from replying to a message by user Y
Newsgroups:	lugnet.admin.suggestions
Date:	Tue, 14 May 2002 12:35:58 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.suggestions, Suzanne D. Rich writes: > In lugnet.admin.suggestions, Larry Pieniazek writes: > > In lugnet.admin.suggestions, Suzanne D. Rich writes: > > > > > > Scott's sigh did not make me mad. > > > > If you want my buyin on this as a just policy(1) > > I already expect that such a policy would seem unfair sometimes. A policy can seem unfair and yet still be just. Life is not "fair". But we nevertheless should strive for justice. > > you are going to have to explain that. > > I stated my personal reaction. (I did not declare it 'right' or 'wrong') > > > ANY time he sighs he's doing it to start a bicker. Plain and simple. > > Then you should have known better than to go for the bait. Yes I should have. And if, in future, if the placement of bait itself results in some timeouts for the baiter (even if it's not risen to) then it will become much easier to do so. So this has the potential to be a good policy if properly implemented. ++Lar

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		Re: Block user X from replying to a message by user Y
(...) really, Larry. That's absurd. I refuse to spend my time hunting down each instance of what might have been intended as bicker-bait and quickly shutting down the posters, purely to help eliminate temptation for those who have difficulty with (...) (23 years ago, 14-May-02, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)

		Re: Block user X from replying to a message by user Y
(...) I actually agree with you on this. Giving the initial baiter a timeout in this instance would have made me less likely to have typed my "sigh" post... and also these ones: (URL) A =+= Have you inspected Arthur’s Seat yet? (URL) reasonable man (...) (23 years ago, 14-May-02, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)

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		Re: Block user X from replying to a message by user Y
(...) I already expect that such a policy would seem unfair sometimes. (...) I stated my personal reaction. (I did not declare it 'right' or 'wrong') (...) Then you should have known better than to go for the bait. -Suz (23 years ago, 14-May-02, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)

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