Why does anyone want to stop a thread? If it stops it stops? What is the motivation for stopping a discussion? This seems really, really strange. If you don't want to participate, don't. If you don't like what is being said, have your own say. But to want other people to stop talking? That is a funny thing to want to do. I personally don't care what other people talk about on threads that don't interest me. I am interested in discussing Jonathon's question but the regular supports of the status quo here have tried to stop the thread by introducing personal attacks and by saying that they just cannot stand this thead going on.
If anyone ever says they want a thread to stop, I am really interested in why. Why? What do you care? I hope we are not going down the bandwidth silliness again. On 3/25/06, Frank W. Zammetti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Craig McClanahan wrote: > > No matter where the conversation developed, it has gone in directions > that > > are off topic on this list. Please feel free to continue the > conversation, > > but do it somewhere else. > > (About to break my own "I'm done posting in this thread" rule)... > > Even I, as someone who was knee-deep in this thread for a while, agree > with Craig. The problem is it was a discussion for a while, but has > become people just talking over one another now. > > I'm all for people expressing their viewpoints, no matter how unpopular, > but at some point it becomes obvious that no one is listening to one > another, and then it's an exercise in futility. > > No one can stop anyone else from posting, not without locking someone > out from the list anyway, which I hope never happens to anyone, but at > some point everyone has to come to the realization that the conversation > has past the point of being useful in any real way. If no one's opinion > was changed 30 posts ago, chances are it's not going to happen now. > > Besides, if the points being raised are valid at all, this thread won't > be the last of its kind... Someone will at some point start another and > it'll all come out again, so why not hold back some of the talking > points for next time? ;) > > > Craig > > Frank > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- "You can lead a horse to water but you cannot make it float on its back." ~Dakota Jack~
