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In reply to the discussion: This message was self-deleted by its author [View all]R B Garr
(16,950 posts)to your question. It was a very thoughtful question in most regards because you explained your reasoning for asking without it being confrontational, and I've been thinking that it deserved a more thoughtful answer. Unfortunately that involves discussing individual posters and their agendas, hidden or otherwise, so it doesn't seem like a good idea and it seems like the very trap that they would like to lead people into so that they can alert on posts.
I have no interest in reading other discussions about jury blacklists since I'm only responding to what I've seen, and that is the posters I read were attempting to goad someone into saying something about them personally that they can alert on. You can even see it in the thread somewhere where they are asking to be insulted. Gee, I would imagine that if you ask to be insulted, you have an agenda that involves trying to get the insult hidden by a jury.
Have you ever said it was a dog-eat-dog world? Are dogs actually eating each other? No, it's a phrase that denotes competition. It doesn't mean that the people or situations you are discussing are actual dogs. It's a figure of speech.
Have you ever used the term ankle-biter? It's a figure of speech for something annoying, generally kids or small dogs that are pestering you. It doesn't mean that someone you might direct it to is an actual dog biting your ankles.