[WikiEN-l] "Dust has settled" considered euphemistic (re:172 & VV)

Thu Jun 24 17:08:44 UTC 2004

Poor, Edmund W wrote:

>When I asked, "Can we ban 172 and VV?", I was using a rhetorical device.
>What I sought was merely that ALL parties concerned, would be in
>compliance with Wikipedia policy. Be cooperative, or be elsewhere:
>nothing more, nothing less.
>
The difficulty with rhetorical devices is that audience  too easily 
takes them literally, and you reap a whirlwind.

Ec