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Page, this is way out of line. Migeru's comment did not deserve such an outburst.

Look, there are no absolute answers here, and very real questions. Bob, and Frank below made the points (both absolutely valid) that using several languages can lead to feelings of exclusion, and/or to the fractioning of the site. Others (including Migeru above) have pointed out that using English alone de facto excludes other subsets of people - including a lot of Europeans. They are EACH right.

Would you please reconsider your comment?

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (jeromeguillet@yahoo.fr) on Tue Jan 24th, 2006 at 09:13:09 AM EST
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Jerome, please do me a favour and disabuse people of the notion that this is my site because that's what everyone says when they get angry at me: that I'm driving them out of my site.

A vivid image of what should exist acts as a surrogate for reality. Pursuit of the image then prevents pursuit of the reality -- John K. Galbraith
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Jan 24th, 2006 at 09:34:14 AM EST
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Well, I can confirm that if that site belongs to anyone, it is to me and Booman as we have ultimate editorial control and control of the site address.

But the idea is also to have an open site where everybody can participate and be a full member of the community, and I try to participate as much as possible according to the rules applying to all, or at least to the front pagers (all 10 of us)

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (jeromeguillet@yahoo.fr) on Tue Jan 24th, 2006 at 09:47:42 AM EST
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...a group to which I do not belong either.

A vivid image of what should exist acts as a surrogate for reality. Pursuit of the image then prevents pursuit of the reality -- John K. Galbraith
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Jan 24th, 2006 at 09:54:47 AM EST
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He's just this guy, you know?
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Tue Jan 24th, 2006 at 09:58:05 AM EST
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I am glad it is not that final

Re: I give up (none / 0)
I'm out of here and this is final.
by Migeru (miguel at math dot ucr dot edu) on Tue Jan 24th, 2006 at 03:42:42 AM PDT

welcome back

P.S hope to be able to welcome back PP as well. I have read you, PP, for over four years now, and would really not like to miss your contribution.

by PeWi on Tue Jan 24th, 2006 at 09:59:04 AM EST
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I'm seriously considering using a different account, though.

A vivid image of what should exist acts as a surrogate for reality. Pursuit of the image then prevents pursuit of the reality -- John K. Galbraith
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Jan 24th, 2006 at 09:59:53 AM EST
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Cool. A game of "find the Migeru".
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Tue Jan 24th, 2006 at 10:02:31 AM EST
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Look, this place is complicated enough as it is.

When locusts move on, they leave nothing behind
by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Tue Jan 24th, 2006 at 10:19:17 AM EST
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He's the guy that's all over the place. ;)

Especially if this forum adopts to a more-langual format, his new cover will be blown within 2 minutes.

by Nomad on Tue Jan 24th, 2006 at 10:31:11 AM EST
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