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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 6868404" data-attributes="member: 177">Dude, I agree with several of your points (you restate some that I myself stated far upthread).&nbsp; However, ultimatums are not a constructive part of reasoned discourse.&nbsp; If you feel you must put people on Ignore, that's fine.&nbsp; We have the feature for a reason.&nbsp; However, we expect you to be discrete about it.&nbsp; It is there to promote politeness, not for you to use as a hammer.Plus, do you really think your attention (and approbation) is so valuable that threatening to remove it will be a motivator for someone to do what you say?&nbsp; Isn't it more likely that the audience will, in fact, take the next step to call your bluff, and thereby effectively remove you from his or her section of the argument?&nbsp; Think about it.&nbsp; </blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 6868404, member: 177"] [color=darkorange] Dude, I agree with several of your points (you restate some that I myself stated far upthread). However, ultimatums are not a constructive part of reasoned discourse. If you feel you must put people on Ignore, that's fine. We have the feature for a reason. However, we expect you to be discrete about it. It is there to promote politeness, not for you to use as a hammer. Plus, do you really think your attention (and approbation) is so valuable that threatening to remove it will be a motivator for someone to do what you say? Isn't it more likely that the audience will, in fact, take the next step to call your bluff, and thereby effectively remove you from his or her section of the argument? Think about it. [/color] [/QUOTE]

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