Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 11:08:55 12/05/00
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On December 05, 2000 at 10:51:21, Mogens Larsen wrote: >On December 05, 2000 at 10:29:42, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>Didn't the US Constitution thread have that same characteristic? No insults >>or anything. Just a discussion about why some felt the electoral college >>was obsolete, others not. > >Probably, I'm not sure as I didn't read all of it. The presense of the thread >didn't bother me as I consider myself capable of deciding whether to read or >ignore it. If the content was unconfrontational then why delete the thread. It >stopped within reasonable time. > >Similar threads about other aspects of the same topic were not as gentle in >content. Mostly posted by people who know nothing about the US and who's never >been there. That should be stopped immidiately. That was what happened. And as a result, I was called "inconsistent". Even though one was confrontational/trolling, the other was just a discussion. > >>How to wait a while when demands for termination roll in via moderator >>email? waiting -> inaction -> ignoring a request -> further complaints >>-> more waiting -> more inaction -> heated threads demanding action ... > >If you find that the complaints are numerous and legitimate then terminate the >thread. Given your profession, I think you're aware of theorem and proof :o). >Just treat complaints like theorems and examine the proof given. > >Mogens. Doesn't quite work. IE I can prove that sin^2(x)+cos^2(x)=1, but I have no such proof for "this is offtopic, that is not..." One is objective, the other is subjective. Which is where the problem comes into play.
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