Michael, I strongly agree: MCJM> What we should be doing IMO is not so much "agreeing to differ" as leaving our ideas on the table for continued evaluation (at everybody's leisure). If we don't want to agree do we have to say more than "I shall think about it" or even just stay momentarily silent? Unfortunately, many threads go on far too long because two or more people want to have the last word. To break that endless cycle, we need some convention that allows people to state their final position and stop responding. Recommendation: If somebody has completed everything they want to say about some topic XYZ, they could change the subject line to "Final position on XYZ". That subject line would be a promise *not* to reply to any further message on the topic XYZ or on the topic "Final position on XYZ". Other people could continue to comment on XYZ, but the person who wrote "Final position" would not make any further comments on thread XYZ. John
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