Author: Roger D Davis
Date: 20:27:05 11/27/03
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On November 27, 2003 at 23:22:32, margolies,marc wrote: >I resent being told that I have an 'authoritarian frame of reference.' Because I >did not sign a stipulation agreeing to the rules of the tournament and spend a >large amount of money to make a commitment to perform, that's what Fritz R. did. >You may not like the participatory rules of this tournament. No one forced you >to play, for example. >Comparing enforced ostracism as retribution for non-compliance to involuntary >incarceration seems abritrary to me. I once spent a weekend in jail for no >particular reason and I know the difference. > I didn't say you had an authoritarian frame of reference. My point was that the punishment as it was administered seems to be as authoritarian as they could make it. Then again, perhaps the charter gives them no latitude in what punishment could be administered. Roger
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