Posted by Dinah on March 6, 2004, at 13:47:55
In reply to Civility, posted by Fallen4myT on March 6, 2004, at 12:50:51
No matter what the content of a post, Dr. Bob requires that we follow the civility guidelines in replying. That means no accusations leveled against the other poster. If you express your opinion about the post, you have to do it with "I statements", stating how you feel without saying that the other poster or the post was rude or nasty or anything like that. I posted a link to the FAQ on that thread already. You can also look up to the top of the page, and click on the Please be Civil in tiny print to get to the same place. I gave my understanding of I statements in this post
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/admin/20040112/msgs/320097.html
It doesn't matter if you think you're right and the other person is wrong. It doesn't even matter what Dr. Bob thinks. It's just against the rules.
I have to warn you, Fallen, that you've already received a Please Be Civil from Dr. Bob and the next step is a block if you continue to do what he asked you not to do. So you might want to look over your post here and your one on Psychology and try to rephrase them as "I statements" before Dr. Bob gets back to the board.
That's just a friendly heads up. You can look through the archives and see what sort of things get blocks.
poster:Dinah
thread:321133
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/admin/20040112/msgs/321141.html