Posted by Dr. Bob on September 7, 2004, at 23:07:37
In reply to Re: please be civil » Dr. Bob, posted by Larry Hoover on September 7, 2004, at 8:18:12
> Is it acceptable to address specific factual questions to a poster who has been asked to not post to me, under the expectation that a factual reply is permitted, but an ad hominem reply is a violation of the "do not post to me" request?
No, as Dinah explained.
> replying to a factual component of the thread is not a violation of the "do not post" rule.
>
> > Posting to someone means directing either the subject line or the body of a post to them. Replying to posts by someone isn't necessarily posting to them.I consider directing a post to someone to be posting to them, whatever the subject matter.
> that's explicitly what I was trying to do. Steer the poster to facts/contended implications, or don't post (in reply to me) at all.
What if you just replied to facts/contended implications?
Bob
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