--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Horn, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > One ICC trial, coming up...
> 
> That was humor, right?  Not a serious comment, right?
> 
> If not, you just confirmed the wisdom behind not joining the ICC...
> 
>  - jmh

John,

You Got It!

Everybody, Jeroen is NOT BEING SERIOUS ABOUT THIS!    Come on now - 
no serious person could say something that stupid!  

Jeroen is *flaming* us.  

Some people flame discussion lists by writing profanity-laden 
tirades.   Other people flame discussion lists by posting absolutely 
ridiculous and insulting statements under a veneer of serious left-
liberalism.   Obviously, this second type of flaming is much harder 
to recognize and even more tricky to regulate - but it is just a 
great a threat to the long-term health of a discussion list as the 
first type of flaming.

The only solution is for more and more people to recognize the threat 
that this type of flaming poses to our List, and develop the 
consensus to permit our List Admin's to regulate it.   Of course 
Jeroen isn't serious about something totally absurd as this - but if 
we let him, we'll all waste valuable time trying to demonstrate his 
own absurdity to himn - and the truly valuable discussions on this 
List will get pushed to the side.   Its happened time and time and 
time again here folks. 

Please, there is a better way.  If  you feel the same way that I do, 
please e-mail the List Admins and ask them to take action against the 
fundamentally non-serious list-flaming of Jeroen.

Thank you.

I now leave you to await Jeroen's protestions that he really is 
serious.  Uh huh, whatever, Jeroen.

JDG

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