Courtesy & Protocol

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At 08:55 PM 3/30/98 -0600, box191@iland.net wrote:

>At 07:17 PM 3/30/98 -0800, Farrell Till wrote:

>>I'm the owner of this list, and you won't get kicked off, but after you have

>>had time to understand that this protocol is expected, your postings won't

>>be read.

>

JONES

>By whom? Is this a guess, a prediction, or a revelation from God?

>


TILL
This has become such a standard procedure on this list that all reasonable
people recognize its need.  I think you will find that I won't be the only
one to ignore you if you don't comply.  Since you strike me as one who
wouldn't comply to anything out of pure spite, I predict that you will soon
be answered on this list with silence.

JONES

>>Now notice that I did not type my name in caps above this comment.

>>What will happen if someone else types a comment below this and doesn't

>>label it, and then someone else does the same?  Before long, no one will be

>>able to follow who said what.

>

>While you might have trouble following net comments without a

>label on each remark, I don't and most others don't. Do you

>see the little > symbols and >> symbols and >>> symbols?

>These have a meaning in standard net protocol, you know. With

>a little experience, they could even become clear to you.

>


TILL
Yes, but will the super genius now explain to us how to interpret an
unlabeled posting after Jones sends it, Till responds to it, Smith then
replies to that, Jones then replies to that, Till replies to that, etc.,
etc., etc.?  All of the little > symbols and >> symbols and >>> symbols and

>>>> symbols are all there, but who can determine who said what at this

point?  I would think that a mind as quick as yours should be able to see
what I mean.  Your problem may be that you get only one reply to your
postings, if even that, so you aren't used to seeing one that may be bounced
back and forth a half-dozen times.  Those who have something meaningful to
say will quite often find their postings circulated several times.

TILL

>>You obviously think that you are hot shit and the end of all wisdom,

>

JONES

>Only in comparison with the goofballs I've encountered on this list thus far.

>

TILL
You aren't even in the same league with some on this list.  Already you have
been caught quoting phony "founding-father" quotations that several people
on this list immediately recognized as fakes.  How could Doc Jones with the
quick mind have made such a blunder like this?  You also indicated a belief
that a single animal was the common ancestor of both chimpanzees and humans.
Yes, your postings are very impressive.

TILL

>>so we will leave it up to you to decide if you want

>>to conform.  If you don't, then just keep ignoring the request to follow

>>protocol.  You'll find that your postings are being filtered out or trashed

>>without being read.  I'm going to give you about two more chances to respect

>>the protocol of the list.  If I see that you are going to play the role of

>>Lone Ranger, then I will play the role of trasher. 

>

>>Is there anything in this posting that you need interpreted for you?

>

JONES

>Yes, as a matter of fact. In your effort to be cute, I fail to

>understand if you mean you will trash my messages coming to you

>or my messages to the list. Does this mean you've reversed your

>no-kicking-off statement with which you began this message?

>

TILL
I don't even see the postings until I check my e-mail and receive them from
Errancy as a regular member.  As the list owner, Errancy notifies me when
someone joins the list or leaves it or when messages can't be delivered.
It's entirely possible that you would receive your own postings back before
I even see them.  So the answer is that I will trash the copies of your
postings that I receive as a member of the list.  If you want me to read
them, then swallow a little of your pride and accept the protocol that
everyone else agrees is a good way to make the postings easier to follow.

JONES

>I don't worry about those who choose to filter my messages. There

>are some in this group I killfile already. When responses to my

>postings cease, then I cease posting. I am trying to communicate,

>not pin messages on a bulletin board in a windstorm.

>

>Thus far, I have seen nothing of substance from you and you are

>not far from my killfile now. Is/ain't is not a good style of

>debate or discussion.

>


TILL
Well, good, go ahead and kill me.  If you want to debate a topic that is
related to biblical inerrancy, I think you'll see very quickly if I have
anything of "substance" to offer.  If you want to swap insults, I can
accommodate you.  In the time you have been on the list, you have made some
of the stupidest comments I have yet seen. 

Farrell Till
Skepticism, Inc.
jftill@midwest.net

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