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- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 10:05:38 EST
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- From: "Matthew Simpson" <054340@UOTTAWA.BITNET>
- Subject: Re: Stupid ideas...
- In-Reply-To: Message of Mon, 16 Nov 1992 01:33:00 CST from <B1H6017@TAMVENUS>
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- On Mon, 16 Nov 1992 01:33:00 CST Betty Harris said:
- >I hafta agree with Larry and disagree with Matthew on this one.
- >I don't feel that either calling the person or the idea stupid
- >is acceptible behavior. It is ok to disagree with an idea,
- >but it is not ok to call it stupid just because you don't agree
- >with it (them). After all, didn't most ppl of his time period
- >think that Galileo's (sp) ideas were "stupid"??? Couldn't we
- >simply respond by saying that we disagree and give the rationnale
- >for our disagreement???
-
- How would you define a flame? How do you know it when you see it?
- We need a short, clear, and easy-to-communicate-and-understand
- definition that has high anticipated inter-rater reliability.
-
- So far, we are defining it as a public attack on individuals through
- the content of e-mail postings.
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