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Re: Larry's behaviour
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 24 Oct 2001 17:32:17 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Eaton writes:
> > Ban one of us. Do the poll I suggested.
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> As I'm sure you'd expect, I don't think the poll would be done as proposed.
> I think it's an all-or-nothing type deal. I think given the choices, I'd
> rank them as:
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> 1. Ban neither of you
> 2. Ban both of you
> 3. Ban Scott
> 4. Ban Larry
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> If I were forced to choose sides? Sure, I'd pick yours, admittedly. But to
> do so would be allowing you to get away with petty theft, which as you
> mentioned (and I agreed), isn't acceptable.
How about 1a. Ban both of them from replying to each other (at least as a
trial measure)? Or, at least, a moratorium on the codependent "he's a liar,
he's a squirmer" drivel...
--DaveL
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Message has 4 Replies:
 | | Re: Larry's behaviour
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| (...) Perhaps there should be a "poll of polls". :) (...) Why not just institute basic formal debating rules? What is there to be lost by doing that? Scott A (23 years ago, 24-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Re: Larry's behaviour
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| (...) That's certainly the option I'd choose, though from a technical standpoint the most difficult to enforce. Plus the fact that I would tack on the addendum "ban each one from talking about the other"; as I've seen both mention the other in (...) (23 years ago, 24-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | A modest proposal
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| (...) I'll give you a different proposal... I'll forego replying to ANY post of Scott's, relevant or not, if everyone else does too... and I'll hew to that just as long as everyone else can hold out too. As soon as some regular slips up, (we'll (...) (23 years ago, 24-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | A modest proposal from a modest person
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| (...) I'll give you a different proposal... I'll forego replying to ANY post of Larry's, relevant or not, if everyone else does too... and I'll hew to that just as long as everyone else can hold out too. As soon as some regular slips up, (we'll (...) (23 years ago, 24-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Larry's behaviour
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| (...) As I'm sure you'd expect, I don't think the poll would be done as proposed. I think it's an all-or-nothing type deal. I think given the choices, I'd rank them as: 1. Ban neither of you 2. Ban both of you 3. Ban Scott 4. Ban Larry If I were (...) (23 years ago, 24-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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