Hello Bj”rn,

 BK>> I would amend that to exclude personal attacks. When personal
 BK>> attacks are allowed personal attacks take over.

BF>No need to. Libel and defamation is illegal in all civilized
BF>countries, and the law always supersedes any echo rules.

Of course.  But personal attacks are not necessarily libel
or defamation.  The question is, should personal attacks be
allowed in an echo?  And if so, under what circumstances?
In a designated flame echo, personal attacks are the norm.
But then, participants enter at their own risk, knowing
what to expect.

But not all echoes are designated flame echoes.  Nor are all
echoes intended to be designated flame echoes.  So when does an
echo become a designated flame echo?  When personal attacks are
allowed.  If personal attacks are allowed for some, personal
attacks are allowed for all.  It's (implied) in P4.

--Lee

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