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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So, basically, the new rule should be "answer only the question specifically asked"?

What if someone were to post: "My gay neighbors are trying to adopt, and I feel children are best raised by a man and a woman. How should I go about stopping this adoption?"

Or "My 4 year old DD is getting a little chunky. I'm thinking about giving her some of DS's Adderall to help reduce her appetite. How much should I give her? Half a pill?"

I think in a lot of cases there's room to question both the "how" and the "whether".[/quote]

Jeff, for the sake of clarity and consistency, how would you handle these situations, above? I really hope we aren't going to allow OPs to micromanage their threads. I posted before about how I got useful info when one of MY threads went off the rails, but I also frequently get good information when people on other threads answer questions not posed by the OP or provide additional information. I just want to know how you'd respond in the situations PP crafted above. And while you might say it's different, I would like to know how it's different? Is it because your opinions mesh with the OP's? I think it's a slippery slope once you start to interfere in these types of things. It's hard to be a benevolent dictator, I'm sure. I think intervening has its place, but is this really how you want to go? Do you want to have to referee all the threads to make sure they're "germane" enough to suit an OP?

Also, Jeff, after reading that OP's continuing rants on this thread and in the website feedback thread, are you still glad you backed that horse???   :twisted: [/quote]

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