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Re: Mini Auction - 6273 - Rock Island Refuge
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 9 Mar 1999 00:02:52 GMT
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On Fri, 5 Mar 1999 22:58:16 GMT, Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net>
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> ...<snip stuff>....but there remain a few questions.
Always willing to oblige.
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> Is it polite to post a counter offer in an auction thread?
> Maybe not.
Agreed.
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> Is it polite to respond the way you did?
I don't think so. Actually, everything but the parasite comment was ok
im my (admittedly hardened by a few years of Usenet) view. A bit
piqued, yes, but parasite is going too far, not in the least because,
well, it's a very loaded word on the Lego groups. Most other
ad-hominems would have been okay with me. It's not good argumentative
style to call someone a dickhead or whatever, but at least there's no
_specific_ negative connotations... Is anyone following what i'm
trying to say? I'm not quite sure if I even do :-)
> Should there be a RULE about it? I don't think so. Not at all.
No way. Rules should be as general as possible, and I see no way to
formulate a rule that would a) not allow the stuff under discussion b)
not disallow anything else and c) still be general. If this was turned
into a rule (other than: Use your best judgement..), Lugnet would
eventually be stifled in rules. And none of us wants to see that...
right?
Jasper "maybe it's time for bed again" Janssen
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| (...) Interesting. I'm glad you posted the dictionary definition, it warms this old pedant's heart to see argument from authority. :-) I see your reasoning, I think. In your view, either you're the organism (and an appendage of the organism is the (...) (26 years ago, 5-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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