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I vote against the [PT] .
My thinking is that if we can't get people to USE [OT] consistently, there is 
no way they will remember to use [PT]. I thought that telling people to use 
[OT] would be a solution, BUT then there will be tons of flamewars on what is 
"[OT] or not." A better solution is to charge $1 for failing to use [OT] - 
but again, enforcement of that rule would cause enforcement flamewars. :)

> Seriously, 
> there's never been any productive discussions on politics on this list.
> Nothing is gained, people just blow the bandwidth.

There IS something gained in these flamewars. 
   If there wasn't, they wouldn't happen.
    I can think of numerous benefits off of the top of my head.

Likewise, the "wasting/blowing bandwidth" objection gets repeated everytime a 
discussion is [OT]. The objection is not only invalid, but just as 
"non-productive" as the original thread. Still, apparently there IS a benefit 
for restating the false argument of "saving bandwidth."

Flamewars, Saving bandwidth and other seemingly pointless behaviors will 
always be a part of this list. The "wise" don't participate, post worthless 
objections, or even post objections TO those objections.
-- 
Wishing you Happiness, Joy, and Laughter,
Drew Brown
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/objection to an objection


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