Posted by Dr. Bob on April 9, 2003, at 1:02:03
In reply to Lou's respomse to coral's post-LR » coral, posted by Lou Pilder on April 8, 2003, at 20:21:39
> Let's consider the following example;
> beadedlady: the best herb for seasickness is licorice.
> IsoM: I grow somw wicked licorice.
> Lou: Have you compared licorice to dramamine, beadedlady?
> beadedlady: I have designated that you can not request an answer from me about what I write.
> coral: I would like to know if you have compared licorice with dramamine, beadedlady, for I am going on a sea-cruise.
> beadedlady: I'll answer you, coral, but not Lou. The answer is that I am in the process of making that comparison, so I won't know untill I get seasick again.
> Are you saying that you will allow this situation here?Yes.
> > I'd like the requests to be reasonable. Since if nobody can post to anybody, it won't be very supportive here. And I'd consider a request that no one reply to be unreasonable.
> > http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/admin/20030404/msgs/217289.html> Let us consider the following example:
> Jeanie: I have been reading this board and you're all psycho-babble hypocrites. And don't anyone respond to me.
> Now the above case, if your policy was followed, would that mean that anyone that replied to Jeanie, would be in violation of your rule?No, people could respond to her, because I'd consider her request (that people not respond to her) to be unreasonable (and her post to be uncivil).
> Now let us consider another case:
> Lou: There is a new drug out that will stop depression permanatly and free you from any addiction just by taking one pill, and I am invoking that the following be not allowed to ask me anything:
> ...
> Would this type of post be permitted her?Yes, that type of post would be permitted, since it isn't uncivil, but those people could still respond to you, because I'd consider your request also to be unreasonable. Since there's no apparent reason for it.
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> a policy that, in effect, could deny me the opportunity to respond to another poster when I needed clarification of what they wrote
>
> I feel that to tell one to not be involved with me in a discussion on a public forum is an insult to the purpose of the advancement of mental-health and is a cruel and demeaning method that could have the potential to stigmatize and segregate and/or [ostracize]1. I think it's more important for people not to feel harassed than for people to be able to ask questions.
2. The issue here is one person asking a second person not to post to them, not the first person asking others not to post to the second person.
3. Unfortunately, I do think people who are asked not to post to others could end up stigmatized.
4. For someone who wanted to preserve their freedom to post to someone else -- to maintain their relationship with them -- I think it would go a long way to take into account that person's feelings.
Bob
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