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In article <8ghhopFkodU1@mid.individual.net>, matt.bourke@nospam.london.com says... > > Ian, don't let the other distraction in this thread let you forget to > answer these serious points. > > You were quick enough to make these accusations - please now, in > response to the evidence before you, retract them, or offer evidence of > your own to support them.

What do most (if not all) URCM moderators, Chapman, Phil Lee, Nobby Anderson and others have in common?

Yes, that's right: when they realise they've lost an argument, they simply stop responding on the subject concerned. Every single time. There's no such thing as gracefully admitting defeat: much better to attempt to wriggle out of it, and never mind that it's still obvious to everyone that the argument has been lost, at least you'll have shown people how strong you are by refusing to ever concede a point no matter how bang to rights you are.

Jackson has done it here by not responding to Matt B (indeed there have been many such refusals by the URCM moderators to answer Matt B). Chapman has done it with Lou Knee and umpteen other things. Nobby Anderson did it with the "nearly thirty" thing among others. Unfortunately "stop responding" has seemingly become the routine way in which certain people deal with losing a debate, and that's a disturbing trend.