At 09:02 1-2-02 -0500, Ken Coar wrote: > > This is a gross exaggeration. A handful of people (five? six?) are now > > complaining, while this list has over 300 subscribers. > >But if that handful is the vast majority of those who have >voiced any opinion at all?
Not even then, because you would then have to apply that rule every time, which could have some unpleasant complications. For instance, if a group of that size would say "Ken Coar is an asshole" and the rest would not explicitly say "we disagree", then that group's statement would have to be considered the opinion of all members. >Is it safe to assume the non-posters >are on the other side? I don't think so. No more than it is safe to assume the non-posters *agree* with that small group. Jeroen _________________________________________________________________________ Wonderful World of Brin-L Website: http://www.Brin-L.com Tom's Photo Gallery: http://tom.vanbaardwijk.com
