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Re: Libertarian debate in danger of pollution (was Re: Will Libertopia cause the needy to get less?
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lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 5 Dec 2000 19:22:13 GMT
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Perhaps we should consider providing .debate as only an overspill bin for
debates from other groups. This would prevent, to some extent, those who
wish, at a whim, to create noisy and unproductive debates the ability to do
so? I doubt it this will have the results you seek, but it may go somewhere
towards it.
I expect that collecting/controlling overspill would have been the main
reason for the institution of .debate?
Scott A
In lugnet.admin.general, Frank Filz writes:
> Christopher Weeks wrote:
> > In light of Todd's idea of lugnet.off-topic.debate.pit.of.flamebait or
> > whatever, I suspect that serious consideration to Frank's final "suggestion" of
> > just doing away with .debate won't be given. I hope that's so. Not only do I
> > really value some of the discussions that we've had there, but I do think that
> > letting some people have a little more elbow room for sparring in one place
> > keeps their need for snipes out of more LEGO-oriented conversation in the other
> > newsgroups.
>
> I would like to see .debate be able to exist as something worthwhile,
> but I sense that with each debate which explodes into a ravaging god vs
> science debate, we lose another of the folks who are interested in
> serious debate. I'm not sure how much longer I'll be participating in
> .debate. If I'm right in this perception, will it be worth having
> .debate at all if all it becomes is a place for people to spout of about
> their views on religion, with no one even interested in understanding
> the opposing view? Will the increased tensions that I think may also be
> building in .debate overflow into the rest of the server?
>
> Frank
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