"R" wrote in message


I think that some of the questions should be known ahead of time and
by both parties. I would be rather pointless if the questions all
consisted of the type "Have you stopped beating your spouse yet?" I
also think there needs to be some rules similar to the rules of a
presidental debate applied. Time limits on responses, limits on
counterpoints. Halting the debate if the response goes off topic.

Arny and John, what do you think about the proposed rules?

I don't see a concrete proposal.

I figure that if Atkinson takes up all the time with his usual long-winded
pontifications, I'll surely avoid saying something that I might not be happy
with later on. ;-)