Re: META: Time to enforce the List Rules! (personal revelation)

From: Alex Ramonsky (alex@ramonsky.com)
Date: Tue Jun 17 2003 - 18:08:54 MDT

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    Impressive!
    ...Two threads which I have never read (and don't intend to) a single
    post from, and suddenly I am appointed judge of some incident within
    them, and also accredited with (apparently supernatural) powers of
     awareness...
    I'm _awfully_ flattered, but rather confused?
    Alex Ramonsky

    Lee Corbin wrote:

    >Harvey writes
    >
    >
    >
    >>Ron wrote
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>>In fact I will hazard a guess that he or she was
    >>>involved in the debate called "cluster bombs"
    >>>and changed the name while he was losing the debate called
    >>>"cluster bombs."
    >>>
    >>>
    >
    >How do you know that this was the reason?
    >
    >
    >
    >>>I'll let you look it up and you can be
    >>>the judge, Alex.
    >>>
    >>>
    >>I don't understand why you would need to look this up, Ron.
    >>The only person involved in both of those threads was you.
    >>
    >>
    >
    >For the record, there were only three posts in the "Cluster Bombs"
    >thread, two by Amara and one by Ron.
    >
    >I think that Harvey then renamed the thread to "META: Dishonest
    >debate (was "cluster bombs")". This began an lengthy discussion.
    >
    >
    >
    >>You argued with Amara in the "cluster bombs" thread and then
    >>you argued with me in the "Dishonest debate (was cluster bombs)"
    >>thread. You know who the "guy or gal" was in both of these threads.
    >>
    >>
    >
    >How do you know that he knew that?
    >
    >
    >
    >>You know it wasn't the same person trying to switch topics
    >>as you "guessed."
    >>
    >>
    >
    >Sigh; you can't *know* such things?
    >
    >
    >
    >>The "cluster bombs" thread is at
    >><http://forum.javien.com/conv.php?new=true&convdata=id::g4fuc8Q1-7@bB-0MBI-HKNB-OwUGmv5QGGDQ
    >>The "Dishonest Debate (was cluster bombs)" thread is at
    >><http://forum.javien.com/conv.php?new=true&convdata=id::opCaY@96-0764-OPBp-VWZl-Zi0Bwpetwi4P
    >>Ron's above quote is at
    >><http://forum.javien.com/XMLmessage.php?id=id::YzIzcTBK-KQIg-QUFF-BXgG-eQ9vJxNWAT9q>
    >>
    >>
    >
    >Darn! I just stumbled upon Hal's analysis at the time. It is at
    >
    >http://forum.javien.com/XMLmessage.php?id=id::cAM1LFJZ-DgYr-Sho@-YXIk-AV4yf05DaxhG
    >
    >wherein he criticizes both sides. All my work above for nothing <sigh>.
    >
    >Ron and Harvey: please listen to Hal. He's not on anyone's side
    >(like I frequently am). And in all the years people have seen
    >his posts, I don't think anyone could suggest any reason for him
    >to fail to be impartial.
    >
    >Thanks,
    >Lee
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >

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