Third answer - spending even more time defending a silly rule from someone who has no interest in changing t, and is merely pointing out that it is a silly rule.
Again - because surprisingly on a list dedicated to literature simple comprehension seems to be in short supply - I DO NOT WANT TO CHANGE THE RULE. But hey, don't let me stop you from telling me the same crap 8 people already have. On Apr 4, 2012, at 8:46 AM, Earl Borah <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 8:34 AM, Jason Green <[email protected]> wrote: > I understand how easy it is. I'm simply stating that it's a bit silly. > > Do we REALLY need spoiler spaces when we're discussing a book that > > A) was published 30 years ago > > And > > B) was written by an author who is the focus of this list. > > > Yes, you do. For reasons stated multiple times, including in the FAQ. > > There are fans on the list from all over the world, some of whom do not speak > English as their first language. In some of those countries, not all Ray's > books have been published -- and the ones that have were not necessarily > published in order, so there may be books that simply are not available to > them. Even with ebook distribution, it's non-trivial for someone who doesn't > like in the US or parts of Europe to get legal access to an ebook. > > Short answer -- if you agree it's an easy rule to follow, why fight it? It's > the rule, even if you don't like it. It's been the rule for at least 15 years > that I'm aware of, and despite periodic complaints I haven't yet seen one > reason why it's unjustified other than "I'm too lazy to go figure out which > book I'm spoiling -- it's YOUR problem, not mine, so deal with my laziness." > > If you agree it's easy, then what's sillier -- the "silly" but easy rule, or > spending more effort complaining about than it would take just to follow it?
