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To: Anthony@Pacific who wrote (48321)	11/9/1999 12:59:00 AM
From: John Biddle	Respond to of 152472

If you want to shut yourself intoa cacoon, you should have the right, I just don't think as you do that announcing it hurts anyone except the person making the proclamation. Personally, I don't care if people go public with their "ignore" decisions or not, and I take the same from it what you do, namely that they're narrow minded and their positions can't, or at least they think they can't, stand up to scrutiny. During the debate on the ignore feature SI, via BrianB, made it very clear that their fear of members browbeating each other with "Hey everyone, Let's ignore Bob that no good Short" would hurt SI. I told them I thought they were being too paternal and that people old enough to invest their money ought to be old enough to make up their own minds. I'm happy with their compromise but will be less so if they put those who "go public" with their ignore choices in the penalty box. Seems silly to me, but I wouldn't want to give up ignore, which I value more.