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Subject: 
Re: Uselessness of .debate
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lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.general
Date: 
Tue, 19 Dec 2000 14:33:04 GMT
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About .debate, Scott writes:

...I would love to see it dropped...

What is the added value to those of you who want .debate gone?  I can
completely understand not valuing the presense of debate, even I duck out now
and then when I'm busy.  But I don't get the motive behind the suggestion that
it should be gone.

As I see it, the presense of .debate costs us nothing(except for Todd and Suz).
But it gains something for at least some of us.

So why not just go away if you're not interested?  In what way does it
negatively affect your LUGNET experience?  If there really is some negative
effect for most people that I haven't identified, then I might change my mind
about whether it should remain.

Chris



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: Uselessness of .debate
 
(...) I think there is some overflow from .debate into other groups. I can't absolutely put my finger on it (in part because I realize that in part the Larry vs. Scott shouting match may have started outside of .debate, but I certainly see linkage (...) (24 years ago, 19-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.general)
  Re: Uselessness of .debate
 
(...) now (...) that (...) What is the added value of having it? People getting mad at each other? People insulting each other? People ridiculing ones faith / politics etc.? I think it is useless. If you want to debate, go somewhere else. That's my (...) (24 years ago, 20-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.general)

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  Re: Uselessness of .debate
 
To all, I might as well thorw a comment into the fray here..... (...) I gave up on debate about a year ago now, simply because Icould not stand it anymore. There is a lot of hostile people around, that seem to thrive in debate, and not anywhere else (...) (24 years ago, 19-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.general)

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