On 2011-05-30 6:08 PM, Tom Davies wrote:
> If rules are set-up to alienate new users then i think they are worth
> ignoring.

Your attitude is why many people look on your posts with disdain, Tom.

It also sets up a false premise.

The rule is not set up to alienate new users, and as long as people are
simply *and* *politely* pointed to the rules, new users should *not* be
offended when this is pointed out to them, and the vast majority *would*
not be offended - exceptions being people like you...

> It is not acceptable to blindly follow orders or rules that cause
> harm or are ridiculous.

Another false premise... the posting guidelines do not cause harm and
are not ridiculous - in fact, when properly followed, they cause
*goodness*...

What *is* ridiculous and *does* cause harm is when people intentionally
misrepresent them in order to support their own predilection for
laziness - like you have been doing since this subject first came up.

> If TDF set a rule that said that all users must walk backwards would
> you obey it? Would you berate people that didn't follow it?

No, and no, but of course, your comparison is about as appropriate as
comparing someone who kills a mosquito that is pestering them to a child
rapist/murderer.

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