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The quality [or lack thereof] of debate on this forum is truly discouraging.

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@bigdoggproblem said
The quality [or lack thereof] of debate on this forum is truly discouraging.
You are one of the lamentably few white hat guys here, so what do you propose?

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@fmf said
You are one of the lamentably few white hat guys here, so what do you propose?
I propose banning 99% of the feeble b@stards that are allowed to post here.

There should be a committee. One dedicated towards the goal of quality debate.

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@bigdoggproblem said
I propose banning 99% of the feeble b@stards that are allowed to post here.

There should be a committee. One dedicated towards the goal of quality debate.
Sounds proscriptive rather than nurturing.

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@fmf said
Sounds proscriptive rather than nurturing.
Well, hell forbid I do something "proscriptive".

Or maybe, sometimes, that is the most "nurturing" thing to do.

It's like hacking off [several, in this case] gangrenous limbs.

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@bigdoggproblem said
There should be a committee. One dedicated towards the goal of quality debate.
Nominate some committee members.

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@bigdoggproblem said
It's like hacking off [several, in this case] gangrenous limbs.
Eladar. chaney3. whodey. Fetchmyjunk.

Others?

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@fmf said
Eladar. chaney3. whodey. Fetchmyjunk.

Others?
When I said "99%", I meant it.

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@bigdoggproblem said
When I said "99%", I meant it.
But 99% is tough when We Are Not Even One Hundred.

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@fmf said
But 99% is tough when We Are Not Even One Hundred.
Hiatus?

Sometimes, that is a healthy thing.

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@bigdoggproblem said
Hiatus?

Sometimes, that is a healthy thing.
But what will fill the vacuum?

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@fmf said
But what will fill the vacuum?
Hell if I know.

But, the process will at least be interesting.

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@bigdoggproblem said
Hell if I know.

But, the process will at least be interesting.
If you take control, will I lose some of my Friends and Allies and Co-conspirators?

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@bigdoggproblem said
I propose banning 99% of the feeble b@stards that are allowed to post here.

There should be a committee. One dedicated towards the goal of quality debate.
Suppression of ideas, isn't that sort of well, 1984'sh? If someone else had that power, maybe a completely different list of names pop up for expulsion.

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@kellyjay said
Suppression of ideas, isn't that sort of well, 1984'sh? If someone else had that power, maybe a completely different list of names pop up for expulsion.
Would your tenure here be threatened by a deliberate quality upgrade?