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I don't have anything against rules. I just think they should make sense. And they ought to apply to everyone.

I agree with oftroy to this extent, plutarch: you don't seem to like a direct question.

But here's a direct question for you, plutarch:

What do you have, plutarch, against a little organization on the board; some GUIDELINES, as it were, to help people navigate this torrent of drivel?

Since the very start, plutarch, when folks (just ordinary users of the forum, plutarch) tried to establish guidelines here, there have been only two people who have railed against this practice.

(The practice of having RULES OF CONDUCT, I might add, is backed up through enforcement at moderated forums. We don't have rules of conduct, plutarch, because we *know they're unenforceable here at this unmoderated board.)

This, now, plutarch, is going to be a rhetorical question, aimed at everyone. so, plutarch, you don't need to answer; but feel entirely free to do so, plutarch.

Why is it that the two people who have railed against our guidelines and the way we enforce(??) them here have both been lawyers?

But don't forget, plutarch, about that first question up there. I put it in blue so you could keep track of it amidst all of this other drivel.

:) :-) :-D <just kidding> *<8^) <BG> <lawyer joke>

edit: oops. I guess I should have put this entire post in Wordplay and Fun.