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Old Aug 10, 2009 | 10:40 am
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People, responding to a request (I take it) are assumed to be charitable in their responses. They are, however, NOT required to respond to unreasonable requests or support something that is clearly morally questionable. Obviously your request of help for figuring out how to "plonk...in an F seat..and not get caught" is problematic because there is something blatantly wrong in doing that, namely you are being dishonest. There was NOTHING in the op's request that can be disregarded in this way.

Here, I take it the moderator should act to close such discussions that ask for help supporting actions that are wrong. But you are still correct, that the OP for such posting will still be justified to demand his readers be on-topic, although of course his request is ill-conceived.

Thanks for posing that question.

Originally Posted by CCayley
To the extent I understand your point, you appear to be saying that if I posted a new thread that said "Hey guys I have a Y class ticket on BA but I would like to plonk myself in an F seat on boarding. Do you have any tips on how I could do this and not get caught?" any replies questioning the appropriateness of what I proposed to do would be off topic. Only tips on getting away with it would be allowed because that is all I asked for.

Hmm. I don't think many people would agree with you there.

Last edited by Cheerfulflyer; Aug 10, 2009 at 12:15 pm
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