On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 18:48:26 -0500, Harry Krause wrote:

John H. wrote:


1. What, to your way of thinking, does 'facilitate' mean?


1. a. trans. To render easier the performance of (an action), the
attainment of (a result); to afford facilities for, promote, help
forward (an action or process).



¶2. To lessen the labour of, assist (a person).


3. Physiol. To increase the likelihood of, strengthen (a response);
to bring about the transmission of (an impulse). (Cf. facilitation 3.)


In sum, you facilitate by encouraging the perpetrators of the behavior
under discussion.

Do I render the behavior easier? Do I lessen the labor of these posters? Or, do
I do something physiological to them? (I'm not going very far in that
direction!)

Would Metamucil be something that meets definition number three?

Do you not think that your constant derogatory comments 'facilitate' responses?

--
John H.

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."
Rene Descartes