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Re: Larry's behaviour
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 24 Oct 2001 19:14:02 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:
> > far more often than not, your one-to-one exchanges quickly disintegrate to
> > rhinoceros dominance.
> So, if we had rules how would things get worse? Say we had a rule like:
> "No name calling permitted" - why would that be bad? Do you feel you have
> to retain the right to call me a "rhinoceros"{1} from time-to-time?
Without calling into question your ability to read, I am obliged to point
out that I did not, in fact, call you a rhinoceros. Further, I am indeed
entitled to call you anything I wish to call you, barring slander. If you
feel slandered by your inference of rhinocerosness, I apologize to you and
to any megafauna that might likewise infer slander.
I would suggest that things would get worse because things would be bogged
down. Very nearly everyone here is able to behave in a generally civil and
not-too-petty manner, so for those individuals formal rules are extraneous.
Do you suggest that we impose rules only on a few? By whose arbitration?
> {1} I rather like the things, we paid a fair amount of money to help protect
> these ones from foot and mouth during the summer:
> http://www.edinburghzoo.org.uk/rhinos.htm
They're almost unbelievable when you see them in person (in rhino?). We
have a pair at our zoo, and it's hard to convince myself that they're real
and not some sort of armored man-made machine.
Dave!
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| (...) I think it is equally important to point out that Scott did not say you did, in fact, call him one Dave! He merely inquired if you wished to retain that right (if in future you decided you felt you needed to). Seems a reasonable question to (...) (23 years ago, 24-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Re: Larry's behaviour
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| (...) The ones near us had their last calf a year or so ago now (they are now too old to safely have any more). The newborn calves are dream. Their feet are huge, they look like they could never lift them. As the calves get older they tend to (...) (23 years ago, 25-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Re: Larry's behaviour
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| (...) No. (...) Good point. (...) The ones near us had their last calf a year or so ago now (they are now too old to safely have any more). The newborn calves are dream. Their feet are huge, they look like they could never lift them. As the calves (...) (23 years ago, 25-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Larry's behaviour
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| (...) So, if we had rules how would things get worse? Say we had a rule like: "No name calling permitted" - why would that be bad? Do you feel you have to retain the right to call me a "rhinoceros"{1} from time-to-time? Scott A {1} I rather like the (...) (23 years ago, 24-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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