"Scott Seidman" wrote in message
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"riverman" wrote in
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"Wolfgang" wrote in message
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After some five years of participation in this forum, I am STILL
unclear about just who it is that forces people to read **** that
they don't want to.

Wolfgang

It's not necessarily the 'reading' as it is the 'posting', and it's
obvious. They read something, then think their own contributing post
will somehow 'straighten everyone out', and they can strut off into
the digital landscape with spurs a-jingling, having made everything
per-fect-ly clear.

--riverman
(and that's all there is to say about THAT, tyvm.)



Aaah--

I call that "third man in", and there's a reason why that'll get you
kicked
off the field in most competitive sports.



Yup :-)

And in the case of roff, the effort to kick them off the field usually gets
a whole lotta sparks flying, to the amusement and chagrin of all who can't
tear their eyes away. And it often leads the original thread into new
directions, which also is a source of amusement or consternation.

--riverman
(who is accepting his red flag gracefully)