Posted by ayuda on March 23, 2003, at 20:57:00
In reply to Lou's response to ayuda's post-6 » ayuda, posted by Lou Pilder on March 23, 2003, at 18:31:06
> ayuda,
> You wrote,[...it is counter productive to the researcher when people use {name calling}.
> The situation that caused a thread here was about that Dr. Bob [allowed, innitually] {name calling} in the form of anti-Semitic language being used. Posters were outraged that Dr. Bob allowed the {name calling}, such as [greedy jew], and Dr. Bob at first wrote that he would allow the [racist language] for spacific cause of his own. The posters were still outraged and wanted the poster that used the anti-Semitic language to be santioned. Dr.Bob , then, warned the poster to post in a non-racist manner.
> I agree that racist language should not be permitted to be posted here, and I objected to that poster and to othere here that posted that type of language. Are you saying, that when you wrote,[...I am perplexed by those people that do not agree with Dr. Bob's moderation, and submit posts criticizing him. They have the choice of just not reading this board ever again, and why they insist on being troublemakers instead is beyond me,...], that you consider those that object to the way Dr. Bob moderates the board, in respect to him allowing, innitually, anti-Semitic language to be posted here, to be {troublemakers}? If so, could you clarify why you consider Dr. Bob's innitual allowing of anti-Semitic language to be permissible when you wrote that you ,[...notified the FCC about sites that allowed,({filthy} and [hatefull]) language?
> If you could, then I could have a better understanding of what you have written and be better able to respond to it accordingly.
> LouLou, I think #5 is missing, so sorry if it's there and I didn't answer to it.
No, I would never support anyone's desire to use slurs or other offensive terms or language -- and I agree that they should never be allowed in a board in which people discuss such sensitive information as we do about our psyches. As a historian, I do not think that slurs have ever served any useful purpose, and I certainly see a lot of them every day in my research.
When I spoke of the sites I have notified the FCC about, they are ones that are from news sites, which any child could go to, that have subject lines with expletives and other offensive language just out there for everyone to see. I am saddened by the amount of anger and spite people seem to have and feel free to express on the internet. It scares me.
I did not get a chance to read all the posts associated with this thread, and did not know that there was that issue that you described. To be honest, I was just looking for some new debate to get into because the Lexapro thread has gotten kind of boring, and I am procrastinating writing a research paper I've been working on for months. And I get interested in those people Dr. Bob blocks, and the reasons behind it. And it usually is for being uncivil, so I am astonished that he would permit some level of incivility. I apoligize if it ever appeared that I support or agree with any sort of labeling or name-calling, because it upsets me greatly that people do that.
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