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Re: What am I missing here?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 13 Nov 2000 16:18:40 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Eric Joslin writes:
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> > If you don't want to take part in it, why not just skip the posts? Why find
> > it necessary to post just to say that you think it should stop? If those
> > people are (for whatever reason) happy to keep debating it, why not just
> > leave them to it and move on to other threads yourself?
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> This is a good point, but I'm prevented from taking your advice because I
> access LUGNET via the web rather than as a newsgroup. As such, I see all
> the posts in .debate. Is there a way to filter out a specific thread?
I read via the web too, and to my knowledge, no, there isn't. I just skip
anything that is in a thread I don't want to read. I tend to use the "compact"
method of viewing, so all I see are the posts' subject lines.
> In
> any case, I generally try to follow discussions here whatever they concern.
Ah. I gave that up a looooooooong time ago. :D
> > I guess I'm just confused about the motivation for asking people to stop a
> > discussion just because you aren't interested in taking part in it.
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> On the contrary; I'm greatly interested in participating, but I recognize
> it to be futile.
Well. I'd argue that if you're not getting involved because you know it's
futile, then you're not interested in getting into the discussion, but I think
we'd go back and forth arguing semantics at that point, which would be equally
futile. ;D
eric
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| (...) This is a good point, but I'm prevented from taking your advice because I access LUGNET via the web rather than as a newsgroup. As such, I see all the posts in .debate. Is there a way to filter out a specific thread? In any case, I generally (...) (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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