Subject: Fwd:  Re: [burningcorn] That was really disappointing

--- In burningcorn@y..., "kail" <kail@t...> wrote:
ummmm...I'm confused. Why do you think asking for people's opinions is
tacky?
Makes perfect sense to me!

kail

> Using a poll to shut down a debate before it can move in a direction
> one doesn't like, is just plain cheesy. Is that what somebody here
> just tried to do ? It's hard not to wonder, given the timing.
>
> First, get a group of your friends together. Flame the hell out of
> somebody who dares to argue with your position. Do it fast, before
> he has a chance to find supporters. Then call a vote, before the
> audience has a chance to calm down, and notice how little sense you
> are making. Then declare the issue closed.
>
> Tacky. Really Tacky. List politics at its worst.
>
> You guys spend a few days piling the abuse on a lone visitor. Nobody
objects. Then two of us write in to say, you know what, there's 
another side
to this issue. Would you be open to talking about it, freely and with 
an
open mind ? I guess the answer is no. Really disappointing. I would 
have
hoped for better out of you, but I guess I was wrong.
>
> Paul
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