Hello Earl,   
      
    BK>> No, it was not. There is no rule against anyone reading the   
    BK>> echo, that was advice to stop doing so.   
      
   EC>As usual, you pretend to miss the point.   
      
   Unlike The Great Earl, who knows all, and never misses the point.   
      
   EC>You ruled that if anyone feels they are being provoked in your echo   
   EC>they should react by not reading the provocation.   
      
   This is the Debate echo, where participants are encouraged to provoke   
   others.  If a participant fails to do so, that participant needs to go   
   back to the funny farm and find a different way to get participants to   
   pull their finger.  Until he or she does it right (getting other   
   participants to imitate Don Rickles), that participant remains just   
   a rank amateur.  Unnerstan'?   
      
   EC>That makes Peter's provocation rule moot, just as it makes the   
   EC>rule about personal attacks moot.  This was already explained more   
   EC>thoroughly.  You just ignored it.  Nothing new.   
      
   Don Rickles is the King of Insult.  All others are mere pretenders   
   to the throne.  Don explained that to me, in French, at a casino in   
   Louisiana last year.  And then he smiled, as the audience laughed.   
      
   --Lee   
      
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