[WikiEN-l] Reflections on the end of the spoiler wars

[Ken Arromdee]

On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 joshua.zelinsky at yale.edu wrote:
> > I'm glad you asked. Among the arguments *in all sincerity* advanced by
> > advocates of spoiler warnings:
> > 1) Returning spoiler warnings to all plot sections, because it is non-
> > obvious that plot sections contain spoilers
> Ok, this argument is clearly bad.

It *isn't* obvious that plot sections contain spoilers.  A spoiler is not
"any plot element".  It's entirely possible for a plot section to contain
no spoilers at all.