At 10:50 29-04-2002 -0500, Dan Minette wrote: >2) Gracefully retreat from positions that prove to be in error. An example >of this is your claim that you never read a post you quoted
Er, when did I say that? I tend to have a fairly good memory when it comes to remembering what I wrote, but I do not remember saying I never read a post I quoted (after all, how can I quote something I did not read?). >4) Watch for how your arguments play in the community. In particular, you >can see the responses to your "threat" to put people in you "these bad >people hurt my feelings" website. No one has written in support of this. As I have said before, those pages would show the misbehaviour of people towards other members, not just towards me (although I still believe I could fill a few megabytes of webspace with just that). The purpose of those pages would be twofold. First, it might encourage people to keep their behaviour civilised when they know their misbehaviour will become a matter of public record. Second, it will give others an indication about the extent to which a poster is to be taken seriously. Someone with a spotless record can be taken seriously, but someone whose record measures hundreds of kilobytes or more is likely to be someone to stay away from, since that person is likely to just start another flame war when someone disagrees with him. Jeroen _________________________________________________________________________ Wonderful World of Brin-L Website: http://www.Brin-L.com Tom's Photo Gallery: http://tom.vanbaardwijk.com
