Posted by Lou Pilder on April 10, 2003, at 12:25:28
In reply to Question, Dr. Bob » Dr. Bob, posted by bozeman on April 10, 2003, at 1:01:24
bozeman,
After reading your post, I feel that you have some of the same concerns about a policy that allows others to exclude other posters ,in any way, from full participation here by allowing a poster to declare that another poster can not respond to them, or ask for clarification.
You wrote,[A could declare that B is not to post to them and that would be OK here ...seems unreasonable...since the purpose here is for mutual support...cruel playground situation...let's play a game and exclude so-and-so...unless well-defined and impartially applied...for those that are still with me, thanks for reading...].
I am with you and I will follow you where ever you may go in this topic of discussion here about [..don't post to me...].
You see, your post shows that this is not a one-person issue in regards to that there are posters that question any,[...don't post to me...]policy. For I will make a vigorous challenge to any policy that has the potential to exclude, stigmatise, ostracize, humiliate, put down, segregate, defame, or any thing else that could be deemed to be an unsound mental-health practice.
I feel that no policy of this kind is consistant with democratic principles, for I feel that there is a concept of [...equal access...] that could be breached by any such policy, no matter how well-defined the policy is. For to allow one poster to limit another poster's participation here reeks to me of the Nazi situation in the early part of the Nazi persecution of the jews when jews were ghetoized and made to place an identifying star on their clothing.
My recommendation to accomodate those that want to exclude someone here, in any way, is to remind them that this is a public forum and that posters here are [equal], and that if they want to not have a particular person respond to them that they can go to another place that allows such, or another place where that person would not be.
Lou
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