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Unprofessional conduct in the discussion of questions.
Thread poster: John Dale D.D.
Kim Metzger
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Comeuppance Jun 20, 2008

(don't try this at home, folks)

John Dale D.D. wrote:

a) how does one complain about ignorant reposts?

c) (and this is the big one); how can you (without infringing the rules set down) give such pedantic fools the comeuppance they so richly deserve?



Find questions the offending parties have answered but are still open. Chances are they don't answer questions unless they can back up their answers with something the asker can rely on. Especially juicy are answers to tough questions that they have obviously spent a lot of time thinking about and documenting. Now, change one word in the answer (think of a synonym that might work just as well) and propose the slightly altered answer yourself. You could even add some information that might cause a clueless asker to think you really know what you're talking about. You might luck out and snatch the points from your adversaries, thus giving them the payback they so richly deserve for their "ignorant reposts." Ripostes?


[Edited at 2008-06-20 15:50]

[Edited at 2008-06-20 15:54]
 
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