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Re: ScottFroth(tm) answered
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 10 Oct 2001 18:16:39 GMT
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:GL00zG.IEF@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Lawrence Wilkes writes:
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> > Or better still
> > Ban lugnet.off-topic.debate, so we can get back to discussing Lego.
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> The argument has been made in the past that having .debate as a place to
> send off topic debates is good for the rest of LUGNET.
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> If you want to discuss LEGO, do so. Nothing is stopping you, nothing is
> making you post here, and posts here do not as a habit spill out elsewhere.
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> Change the channel, don't call for the channel's abolishment. It is up to
> the owners of LUGNET to decide, of course.
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> My suggestion of a binding vote, with .debate participants being the voters,
> was a totally serious one, whatever you or anyone else thinks.
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> I seriously agree with others that have said that .debate is less useful to
> other participants with both Scott and myself in it and infighting, and
> banishing one of us may well return it to some more useful state.
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> I of course have a preference as to which one is the more useful poster
> here, but I am biased.
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> Scott has already said he would not abide by such an outcome. I would. What
> does that tell you about the relative merits of each candidacy?
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> The actual mechanism of banishment need not involve actual administrative
> action, at least in my case, as I would abide without the need for such a
> mechanism.
Lighten up.
I should have put a smiley on it
Oh, and my vote is no one should be banned.
No one forces anyone to read or reply to what is posted here.
If 2 (or more) folks want to continue to argue, sorry debate, ad infinitum that is their business.
Personally I enjoy the entertainment.
Unless it means lugnet's bandwidth allowance is exceeded of course!
regards
lawrence
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| (...) Yes, and once you add annoying twits to your Kill filter, this group is a much nicer read. I've had a much nicer time in this group since adding someone to my Kill filter last week. (...) Unfortunately, the "entertainment" often sinks to the (...) (23 years ago, 10-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) The argument has been made in the past that having .debate as a place to send off topic debates is good for the rest of LUGNET. If you want to discuss LEGO, do so. Nothing is stopping you, nothing is making you post here, and posts here do not (...) (23 years ago, 10-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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