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Aiwendil · 02-22-2006, 11:21 PM

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A few more thoughts for now - I'll be gone for a while but back a few hours before the end of the DAY.

So LMP has responded to the accusations coming his way. He sounds genuine to me. But, then, I don't doubt that he'd make a clever wolf, or that he'd be able to modulate the tone of his posts to suit his needs. And I keep coming back to what I mentioned earlier - that the one place where a wolf can't hide is in his vote - though he can, of course, try to explain it away the next DAY.

LMP claims that he suspected Boromir before Ang posted his suspicion; he then expresses exasperation when this claim is doubted. Now, LMP, it seems to me that no one is denying that you could very well have come to suspect Boromir before Ang's post. For my part, your story (i.e. simply not enough time to post earlier) is a perfectly believable one. But that doesn't mean that it's true. The fact remains that we had no evidence that you suspected Boromir until very late in the DAY. Surely you acknowledge that, from out perspective, your claim to have suspected him earlier could be a wolf's frantic attempt at backpedaling and getting out of a tight squeeze.

Having said that, I don't think I'll be voting for LMP today. My reasoning is that, so far, the only real piece of evidence I can find against him is his sudden anti-Boromir stance. Everywhere else, he has (to me at least) appeared to be a genuinely helpful innocent. If he's a wolf, he's doing a remarkable job of playing that role. As of toDAY, I think there are others suspects that it would be better to look at.

I don't quite know what to make of Tar-Ancalime. When I return, I'll probably go over her posts thus far more carefully. There was something in the way she was acting yesterDAY that seemed fairly lupine to me. I suppose it was that she looked like she was consciously maneuvering. That was enough for my vote on DAY 1, but now I feel I must go back over what she's said and see if I can make this feeling more concrete.

Which leaves Form and Garin as my top suspects for the moment, for reasons stated earlier.

02-22-2006, 11:21 PM	#154
Aiwendil Late Istar Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,224	Sign: Hoi! I wilt my pun A few more thoughts for now - I'll be gone for a while but back a few hours before the end of the DAY. So LMP has responded to the accusations coming his way. He sounds genuine to me. But, then, I don't doubt that he'd make a clever wolf, or that he'd be able to modulate the tone of his posts to suit his needs. And I keep coming back to what I mentioned earlier - that the one place where a wolf can't hide is in his vote - though he can, of course, try to explain it away the next DAY. LMP claims that he suspected Boromir before Ang posted his suspicion; he then expresses exasperation when this claim is doubted. Now, LMP, it seems to me that no one is denying that you could very well have come to suspect Boromir before Ang's post. For my part, your story (i.e. simply not enough time to post earlier) is a perfectly believable one. But that doesn't mean that it's true. The fact remains that we had no evidence that you suspected Boromir until very late in the DAY. Surely you acknowledge that, from out perspective, your claim to have suspected him earlier could be a wolf's frantic attempt at backpedaling and getting out of a tight squeeze. Having said that, I don't think I'll be voting for LMP today. My reasoning is that, so far, the only real piece of evidence I can find against him is his sudden anti-Boromir stance. Everywhere else, he has (to me at least) appeared to be a genuinely helpful innocent. If he's a wolf, he's doing a remarkable job of playing that role. As of toDAY, I think there are others suspects that it would be better to look at. I don't quite know what to make of Tar-Ancalime. When I return, I'll probably go over her posts thus far more carefully. There was something in the way she was acting yesterDAY that seemed fairly lupine to me. I suppose it was that she looked like she was consciously maneuvering. That was enough for my vote on DAY 1, but now I feel I must go back over what she's said and see if I can make this feeling more concrete. Which leaves Form and Garin as my top suspects for the moment, for reasons stated earlier.