Posted by Larry Hoover on September 9, 2004, at 9:33:50
In reply to Make no mistake. I am not particularly sweet., posted by Dinah on September 9, 2004, at 9:23:14
> Nor was my support intended solely or even largely for Dr. Bob in this thread. I saw people getting increasingly distressed by the picture. I thought they were almost certainly distressed by a misunderstanding.
And that is the core issue. It does not matter how it came to pass. Bob doesn't assess intent.
I have been blocked for merely agreeing with a poster about the content of his post.
Here, Bob is being judged by his own construct. In so many words, we don't need an absolute definition of incivility. We know it when we see it. His images were not civil. How can his intent be a relevent criterion, when ours is not?
I'm more than happy to give him the benefit of the doubt. But Bob doesn't do that himself.
> But in the three years I've known him, he has never given me any reason to believe that he has anything but the board's best interests at heart.
In the time I have been here, I would make the same statement about myself, imperfect though I may be.
When Bob makes a mistake, it is not him who pays the piper. Zen getting 48 weeks for expressing distress is an act of power, not of judgment.
Lar
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