My point about asking others if they've noticed
deletions of their posts was to see how they thought/felt
about that. The thin response seems to amount to,'We're
cool with how things are done.'

    I'm all for Roger having his say a la Voltaire. On
the other hand,I rather doubt if the way threads are
worked is condusive to satisfactory conclusions.

    Apart from the usual debating tricks - irrelevance,
changing the subject etc. - ,a big problem is that it
appears impossible to stick to one matter at a time,a
consequence of how these threads are used.

   The bigger problem seems to be (to me) that there
are psychologies involved (everyone has one). And the
unconscious. So all rational debate is thwarted by
other factors, many of which are not within the consciousness
of posters. (I don't exclude myself.)

   So we get people accusing Shambles of doing things
they do themselves without realising it. It's done
unconsciously,you see. So Shambles becomes the dumping
ground for our righteous and our unconscious stuff.

   I would guess everybody has experienced brilliant
points they've made being ignored. Which I personally
find more hurtful than being deleted.

As I've mused before, if you write interesting/amusing,
stuff, and debate vaguely properly,it'll stay in.

At least,that's Uncle Ivor's recipe of the day.

Enjoy, and bliss to everyone. Well, we're alive - a
miracle.


       Ivor