--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, sonny <sforstater@...>
wrote:
>
> damn, some of you folks either don't care or forgot
about the old
SPOILER
> warning on posts that give away endings and major
plot points.
>
> this could be books or films. and speaking of films,
i swear when i
> joined, richard (?) told me not to post about
movies, as this group was
> for books only. oh well.
The list is mainly for books. And spoilers are a bad idea in
any forum, hardboiled or not. They're also a bad idea in real
life.
The procedure, if you suffer from spoilitis, is to put
SPOILER, then a LOOOOONG blank space, perhaps another SPOILER
warning, and then proceed, if you still think you should do
it.
Best,
mrt
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