* Tony's unattended mail <[email protected]> [11-25-12 08:48]: > On 2012-11-24, Patrick Shanahan <[email protected]> wrote: > > * Tony's unattended mail <[email protected]> [11-24-12 15:58]: > >> Again, this is another straw man. What I am suggesting is not the > >> format=flowed standard. It's a hypothetical hybrid. > >> > >> Saying that people will violate a standard of any kind isn't good > >> enough because any standard can be abused. Nice try though! > > > > *any* standard "will" be abused! > > My point exactly. Thus, condemning a standard on this basis means you > must condemn all standards, which is effectively calls for even less > quality of service. > > > Saying that it can be abused assures that it *will* be abused. > > This contradicts what you just claimed. If the standard already will > be abused by the mere existence of a standard, then there's no point > in what you're claiming here. > > BTW, it's nonsense to claim abuse will ensue as a result of saying > abuse is possible. The contrary may be true, however. Claiming that > something *cannot* be abused would be a challenge.. an open > inventation for someone to prove otherwise.
You argue for the sake of argument, -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net
