Nytemuse <nytemuse at auros.org> writes: > On Tue, 26 Nov 2002, David Goldfarb wrote: >> Um, I'm sorry, but if we have to use spoiler space for classic works >> of literature that are a half-century old, then we have to use spoiler >> space for EVERYTHING; and in my humble opinion that is just not reasonable. >> (I'm envisioning putting in spoiler space before talking about how >> Jesus came back from the dead....) I think it is courteous to protect big spoilers, no matter how old or readily available the work. > Do you really make THAT many references to events in literature? This is > the first time, in the months that I've been on the list, that I've seen a > citation of plot w/o space. AOL. > Besides, I don't care so much about the actual 20 lines of blank > space as I do of just mentioning in ONE LINE at the beginning of the > post that there are possible spoilers for some book, which doesn't > seem too _unreasonable_ to me. Not everyone is obviously as > advanced in literature and history as you. Luckily, the bit about the finger is not a big spoiler, so although I agree with your sentiments, I don't think they apply strongly in this case. The bit about Gandalf is a biggish spoiler, but the trailers for "The Two Towers" give it away, so I regard protecting that as largely a lost cause right now. Maybe in a few years it will be worth protecting again. OK. I better stop here before repeating everything I've said before about spoiler protection. - tky