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I'm on some kind of vocabulary frolic. Now I've got two terms I can use in connection with the agreement:
1. "Virtuous non-signers" -- (the idea first appeared in post 399, but that's irrelevant):
There are several regulars in our threads who haven't bothered themselves with the agreement at all, who were absent from the drafting thread, who avoided all the quibbles and petty disputes, but who nevertheless conduct themselves as if they were complying posters. That is, their posts are always respectful, never provocative, never spamming, never involved in nit-picking irrelevant trivia, etc. We might consider them "virtuous non-signers."

2. And now, "accusatory non-signers" -- a term which nicely defines itself. But to flesh out the concept, let me quote from Ichneumon, who in response to one said (post 482): "If you can't handle people pointing out (or asking questions about) your own posting behavior, then perhaps you ought to stop making a career out of doing the same yourself. ... I'd much rather be discussing the actual topic (and I *have*, you'll notice) instead of countering overblown charges of 'incivility' every few posts."


485 posted on 08/17/2003 5:38:09 AM PDT by PatrickHenry (Felix, qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas.)
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497 posted on 08/17/2003 9:34:00 AM PDT by longshadow
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