Subj : Stay home! To : EARL CROASMUN From : BOB KLAHN Date : Wed Feb 06 2036 11:45:48 ... >> Believe it or not, you can ignore any echo you want and it has >> no effect on any echo rule. Peter's rule did not require anyone >> to read the echo. EC> His remedy for provocation was to prohibit it. Your remedy EC> for provocation is to say to the victim "don't read the EC> echo." That makes the rule moot, just as it makes the rule EC> on personal attacks moot. Provocation is prohibited in the Debate echo. Saying something Richardson disagrees with, no matter how vehemently, is not provocation. If he thinks a post to others, on something I truly believe to be true, is a deliberate attempt to provoke him, he is seriously paranoid. BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn --- Via Silver Xpress V4.5/P [Reg] * Origin: Fidonet Since 1991 Join Us: www.DocsPlace.org (1:123/140) .