Ron, Arlo, Ron said Since I am realtively new to the forum, I see a lot of talking past one another where the concept has been taken to an extreme.
But surely you can see Ron that some (most) of us old hands also see that very clearly. It's that dishonesty, picking an extreme to mischaracterise another's view, that always brings constructive debate crashing down; mired in pointless dipute. It's one of the reasons I switch explicitly into "abuse mode" to highlight the fact when it happens - no point beating around a bush like Platt. When he switches into his evil dishonest rhetoric - I say so. (BTW although Platt calls my behaviour "typical", that's another of his lies - I don't believe I've ever taken that line with anyone else here or any any other discussion forum for that matter.) Though aparently, according to Arlo, who accuses me of politeness, I don't say it abusively enough ;-) I have suggested, because Platt understands his own deliberate "winning" tactic, that he should be sanctioned by the moderator when he adopts that mode of rhetoric. (Of course the screams of authoritarian censorship will ring in our ears, but it is a perfectly valid use of social authority.) Formally warned of his unacceptable behaviour Individual dishonest mails sanctioned Banned for a period if the behaviour persists Banned indefinitely if the pattern repeats. Platt wouldn't be the first and he won't be the last. The only downside is the load it puts on Horse. Better if Platt just own's up and desists his pathetic game. Free speech upheld. His opinions are welcome, his lies are not. Ian moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
