Got it. I just take spoilers as something that takes away from reading the 
story not just a minor slip in he story like if I mentioned a misspelled word I 
wouldn't see that a a spoiler you know?

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On Mar 29, 2012, at 12:07 PM, Robert M <[email protected]> wrote:

> John,
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> And there is the issue. Spoliers aren't just important plot details. A 
> spoiler can be anything that happens in a new book (movie, video game, etc) 
> both significant and insignificant. In this case, the information may not be 
> as vital as, for the sake of discussion, the death of a character, it is 
> still something that takes place somewhere in the new book. I just started 
> the A Crown Imperiled yesterday and am only up to page 38. As a result of 
> this thread, I now know something that happens in the book. It's a small 
> detail but a detail nonetheless. If your initial email in this thread had a 
> spoiler alert, I'd've skipped it and the entire thread entirely.
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> Robert
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> "Robert's Law of Negative Accomplishment: the more nothing you try to do, the 
> less nothing you'll get done." - Robert Meyers
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> On Mar 29, 2012, at 12:38 PM, John Buttimer wrote:
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>> My question wasn't a spoiler. I gave you no vital information beyond what 
>> was previously know from past books. How is that considered a spoiler? A 
>> spoiler is telling you so and so kills such and such or this guy does that. 
>> I asked why pug got told his own history like he didn't do it. 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
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