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Re: on topic?
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Date: 
Mon, 9 Jul 2001 15:22:01 GMT
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my post here was emotional I suppose.

The thread "is this sexism?" has changed topic several times now and did not
seem to be a bother, at least not for me.  Then a personal argument sprung
up where someone became irritated that the topic had changed yet again
(possibly, the irritation was simply for the lack of a new topic title).
This, in turn, irritated me and I decided to become ...snobish?

In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Ross Crawford writes:
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Kirby Warden writes:
the recent "debate" on animal rights/cruelty is "off-topic".  The thread
that this debate happens to be in, was originally about sexism in the work
place.

since someone kindly suggested to another that the "animal" debate should
remain "on-topic", I felt obligated to remind all participants that the
entirety of the current debate is "off-topic" and should be moved to a
thread of its own.

Well, I agree with the suggestion, but not for the same reason. Generally, I
have no problem with threads changing subject, as long as the subject line
points this out. However, as I use the web interface to post to Lugnet (most of
the time), it gets painful following a thread after it hits 100 posts, as the
"dot display" is removed for performance reasons (yes I know I can click on
"dots" to see it, but I don't get the nice little star pointing to the current
message).

ROSCO



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(...) Well, I agree with the suggestion, but not for the same reason. Generally, I have no problem with threads changing subject, as long as the subject line points this out. However, as I use the web interface to post to Lugnet (most of the time), (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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