# Clarification, Tom?

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**Created:** [August 11, 2012, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarification-tom/631184 "2012-08-11T11:18:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarification-tom/631184/17 "2012-08-11T18:58:13Z")

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In general, yes, all of that is fine. **tomndebb** made this point in the post quoted in the OP:

> [@Jared Diamond responds to Romney's misrepresentation of "Guns, Germs, and Steel"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jared-diamond-responds-to-romneys-misrepresentation-of-guns-germs-and-steel/630473/68):
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> No one is compelled to respond to another poster’s questions. greenslime is correct that if you have asked a question three times with no answer, the person questioned is likely not going to do so at subsequent requests.
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> Persistent badgering for an answer is harrassment and it will stop.
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> On the other hand, it is also true that a poster who makes an assertion that he or she refuses to support may be simply ducking the fact that the idea has no support and other posters are free to point out that fact.

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