On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 17:13, Vladimir Batov <batov@people.net.au> wrote:
I counted the number of people complaining and *not* complaining about any particular name. Then I compared the numbers. Then, I went with the bigger number.
I think that that form of comparison is unfair without stating ahead of time that you will be using it. It's perfectly plausible that people replying would not mention something that had already been brought up and not yet been addressed by the proposer. Regardless, a pure numerical count of first opinions is a poor method by which to decide something.
Elimination *is* obfuscation. You strip me of my name and then complain that you find it hard to address me. Does it immediately become *my* problem?
And yet you successfully used pronouns throughout that statement. Hopefully the library will also affect shortening where appropriate.