[WikiEN-l] Jayjg is AWOL

[Armed Blowfish]

On 28/08/07, Puppy <puppy at killerchihuahua.com> wrote:
> I note you are ignoring my plea to keep this thread on-topic. You have
> moved your focus from David's post to my plea to not muddy the waters by
> adding a sub-topic about terminology and phrasing which you find
> objectionable. Not sure that's an improvement.

Hello Puppy!  : )  What do you believe the topic is?

> Allow me to copyedit David's email, if it will help:
>
> "Perhaps it would be better if you accepted that your personal curiosity
> cannot be satisfied on this issue. There are sometimes private issues which
> must be considered, but would cause more harm than good to publicize. I am
> sure that once the investigation is complete, we will all be informed of the
> findings, sans any details which are of a delicate or potentially harmful
> nature. I am certain you will understand, and that you merely did not
> consider the larger issues."
>
> Better? Longer, I'll grant.. but it says the exact same damn thing, except
> for some flattery (I'm not the least bit "certain" he'll get it.) Only it
> wouldn't have gotten to the point so well, and probably would have been lost
> in the thread. David's has the advantage of shock value, which commands
> attention.
>
>
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> Marc Riddell wrote:
> > on 8/28/07 9:10 AM, Puppy at puppy at KillerChihuahua.com wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Legitimate requests are not attacks, regardless of how they are phrased.
> >> And criticizing terminology is expanding the issue needlessly. Shall we
> >> /not/ see how many sub-issues we can drag into this thread? Just a
> >> thought, but stay on topic.
> >>
> >
> > OK, "go away" may be a "legitimate request" (actually, it reads like an
> > order); but what do you call "you trolling fuckwit"?
> >
> > Marc Riddell
> >
> >
> >> Daniel R. Tobias wrote:
> >>
> >>> On 27 Aug 2007 at 19:27:25 +0100, "David Gerard" <dgerard at gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Go away, you trolling fuckwit.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> There's no "No Personal Attacks" policy on this list, apparently.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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