https://themindcollection.com/revisiting-grahams-hierarchy-of-disagreement/
Graham’s Hierarchy of Disagreement [I suggest banning anyone doing name calling or personal attacks] DH0. Name-calling DH1. Ad hominem [Complaints about tone might be a warning, excessive amounts might result in a ban] DH2. Responding to Tone [Contradiction without supporting information should be queried for references] DH3. Contradiction [Counter argument is good, but a lot of not correct answers can lead to problems with current thread / historical log] DH4. Counterargument [GOOD!] DH5. Refutation DH6. Refuting the Central Point On Mon, May 18, 2026 at 11:27 PM Brian Westerman <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think enough is enough, it should not be that participants are allowed to > openly ridicule and provoke. How about we vote on it. > > Does anyone (besides Dick) think that Dick should NOT be eliminated from > being allowed to post to the list? > > If no one or very few, vote to allow him to keep posting, then his ability to > post should be removed for some period of time. > > What say the list? > > On Tue, 19 May 2026 00:17:17 +0000, Dick Williams > <[email protected]> wrote: > > >lol I don’t care if there are zero responses. I know you’re all reading > >them. This is an example of low IQ thinking. Certainly you’re not a trained > >psychologist. > > > > > >Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > > > > > >On Monday, May 18, 2026, 2:45 PM, Radoslaw Skorupka > ><[email protected]> wrote: > > > >W dniu 18.05.2026 o 20:24, Rick Troth pisze: > >> We could require cryptographic signatures (PGP or PKI) on email from > >> participants. > >> But that's a LISTSERV change that L-Soft prolly has to implement. > > > >What for? > >This is open community. Everyone can sign in and there is no effective > >verification of the person who did it. So in theory John Doe can > >subscribe as John Doe, Albert Kowalski or every other name. > >When revoked he can subscribe again under yet another name, using yet > >another free email account. > >While there is no chance to involve government-authenticated ID we won't > >change the above. > > > >However there is really simple way to get rid off the trolls: > >1. DON'T FEED THEM. Just no answer, even such as "it is off-topic", or > >"stop doing it". Just NOTHING. No troll write a spam when there are no > >readers, no feedback. > >2. Use simple message filtering. Did the troll used "Joseph Smith" name? > >Then use a filter that will direct these messages straight to the trash. > >3. Remember to use 1 & 2. Always. > > > >-- > >Radoslaw Skorupka > >Lodz, Poland > > > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > >send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > > > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > >send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
