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Kaz Kylheku wrote:
> 
> On 2012-09-10, Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> wrote:
> > Robert Miles <milesrf@Usenet-News.net> writes:
> > [...]
> >> Where is it sensible to post the first message of your thread if it
> >> is mainly a question about what the proper forum is,
> >> since you haven't
> >> been able to find any forum that looks suitable?
> >
> > By convention, discussions about topicality are considered topical.
> 
> You didn't think this one through, Kiki.
> 
> "Where might it be topical
> to ask a question about hair spray for rats?"
> 
> What if that topicality being discussed
> has nothing even remotely to do with
> the topicality of the newsgroup?
> 
> This new-fangled "topicality is topical" is not a convention,
> but only an excuse for some regulars 
> to feel they have "immunity" when engaging in extended
> debates about why something or someone is off topic.
> This view is overdue for being laid to rest.

You're off topic.

Oops!

-- 
pete