On Fri, 16 Dec 2005, Carl D Cravens wrote:

CDC>I think there are times that it's appropriate.

Well, yeah.  In a deadtree book.

CDC>Now what if I want to write some root-posts myself, but I don't want 
CDC>to take the time to enter into an unfruitful discussion with twenty 
CDC>people every time I do?

Set followups to poster?  (Okay, Gamehawk doesn't have that flag right 
now.  Maybe it should.)

I guess the question is:  why do you want to say something that no one is 
allowed to respond to?

CDC>I guess my thing is that I don't want to limit discussion itself, so 
CDC>much as I (sometimes) want to limit discussion to a certain group of 
CDC>people.  It seems like there's often someone who wants to grab some 
CDC>nitpick and dominate the discussion with something that doesn't really 
CDC>matter, or doesn't matter to me, at least.

That's different; I'm not above allowing private or moderated mailing 
lists.

CDC>It's hard to discuss the best way to skin a cat when someone in the 
CDC>group keeps objecting to skinning cats.  Or thinks you should be 
CDC>skinning dogs instead.  Or keeps insisting that _his_ way is the best 
CDC>way and doesn't actually want to _discuss_ anything.
CDC>You know what I mean?

There've been killfiles since before there was an Internet (well, for any 
meaningful purposes).

CDC>The only reason you're together is because you call have "PC" stamped 
CDC>on your foreheads.  I'd like to develop something deeper.  It's not 
CDC>essential, but I think it would help me from the GM side of things.

I beg to differ:  Fastlane is together for the quite pragmatic reason that 
he doesn't have enough firepower by himself sometimes.

-- 
Karen J. Cravens  silver@phoenyx.net

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