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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:brin-l-bounces@;mccmedia.com]On
> Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > AFAIK, there was no approval from the list to kick him off, even
> > > though it has been stated repeatedly over the years that such
> > > approval is necessary.
> >
> > On whose authority was this stated?
>
> This matter has been discussed a number of times over the years; each time
> the list consensus about this was that kicking someone off the list should
> only be done after discussing the matter on-list, and that the actual
> removal should only be done when there was a list consensus about it.
>
> RTFA.
Two things... What does the "A" in those initials stand for? I can't come
up with it.
Secondly, I'm sure they have irony in the Netherlands. But I'll explain
anyway. You had asked who the "other authorities" were, regarding the issue
at hand. Then you used passive voice ("it has been stated...") to back up
your argument. Passive voice does not identify the origin of the statement,
so you were failing to identify the authority behind your own argument, even
as you asked others to identify the "authorities" behind the thing with
Mark. See, irony! It is ironic that you would ask for citation of
authority in the same message in which you failed to cite authority.
In hopes of pointing out the irony in your message, I asked "on whose
authority" and followed it with a sentence in self-referential passive
voice: "The use of the passive voice makes one wonder." This was an added
extra ironic bonus, since it is unclear who is using passive voice or who is
wondering... just as it was unclear on whose authority any of these things
took place. Perhaps I was too subtle.
Nick
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