Here's my short list of rules for this NG, which I will try to follow:

1) criticizing posters' ideas, logic, facts, etc., is completely appropriate,
but ad hominem arguments, name calling, etc., is inappropriate;

2) political comments unrelated to food history (as important as they may be
otherwise) are inappropriate here;

3) civility should be our basic operating value (although I understand that
we're all tempted to violate this on occasion).

For those who violate the above, my response will be to ignore their comments.

Andy Smith

ASmith1946 wrote:

Here's my short list of rules for this NG, which I will try to follow:

1) criticizing posters' ideas, logic, facts, etc., is completely appropriate,
but ad hominem arguments, name calling, etc., is inappropriate;

2) political comments unrelated to food history (as important as they may be
otherwise) are inappropriate here;

3) civility should be our basic operating value (although I understand that
we're all tempted to violate this on occasion).

For those who violate the above, my response will be to ignore their comments.

Andy Smith


That's more or less how I work. I have an excellent troll soup recipe,
if anyone wants it... Very ancient, historical recipe, at least six
months old!
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On 08 Feb 2004 18:24:57 GMT, (ASmith1946) wrote:

Here's my short list of rules for this NG, which I will try to follow:

Unfortunately, there are no 'rules' for unmoderated newsgroups.
Ignore/killfile trolls and idiots, and do one's best to be a model
participant. Like fishing, one has to discard a lot of garbage one
brings up, and appreciate the big flounder. :-)

On Sun, 08 Feb 2004 21:18:41 +0000, Kate Dicey
wrote:

That's more or less how I work. I have an excellent troll soup recipe,
if anyone wants it... Very ancient, historical recipe, at least six
months old!

Coming from the home country of trolls, I would bet such a soup would
taste quite moldy and perhaps also soil-like or maybe some
clay-taste?.

Read the stories of Asbjørnsen and Moe about the trolls, illustrated
by Kittelsen :-) !!