Re: Announcing Rare Entries contest MSB36

In rec.puzzles Teabag <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> My answers could hardly have spoiled the contest for anyone.

They introduce another level of problems which detract from the contest. 
Namely, "Do I try to avoid these answers; do I try to go for answers close 
enough to the spoiled ones that other people will (I expect) avoid them; 
do I dare use these answers"...

>> > It is quite simply rude to
>> > tell people that they cannot post in public fora.
>> 
>> He never said "you cannot post." Obviously that is false; 
> 
> I never said he said that.  

Um, the bit I quoted from your post says "it is [...] rude to tell people
that they cannot post [...]". This implies that you believe he said 
that you cannot post.

> He said "[D]o not post to any newsgroup." 

Yes. This is a request, framed in the imperative as is customary in 
English. What, are you upset he didn't say "please"? Strangely sensitive 
for someone who, last time around, told another innocent poster you'd been 
"fucking his dead mother up the ass".

> I couldn't ruin this contest if I wanted to.

If participants find their experience of the contest is spoilt, then it's 
spoilt. Doesn't matter whether you think that makes sense or not.

> The terrier-like fascination with this 
> objection makes me wonder if your employers are getting a fair return 
> on the salaries of the objectors.

As it happens I do quite well self-employed, so no need to worry about my 
employers.