John Lee wrote:
On Dec 17, 2007 3:24 AM, Ray Saintonge saintonge@telus.net wrote:
David Gerard wrote:
On 16/12/2007, joshua.zelinsky@yale.edu joshua.zelinsky@yale.edu wrote:
Instead of accusations from the pro-spoiler side it would be interesting to hear from the anti-spoiler side. David or Guy would either of you object to this sort of compromise?
I would consider spoiler warnings in plot summaries ridiculous. In addition, determining what's a spoiler is basically original research.
One could require that spoiler warnings be verifiable, i.e. they must be accompanied by a reference to a reliable source that establishes that the information one is about to read will spoil one's pleasures as much as the Monty Python secret joke would endanger one's life.
That was what I said last time around. (Gosh, I really sound like a broken record.)
My apologies. Any plagiarism was unintentional. This Hydra has so many heads that it's hard to remember which have been cut off.
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