Posted by gardenergirl on September 17, 2004, at 11:51:00
In reply to Lou's response to SLS » SLS, posted by Lou Pilder on September 17, 2004, at 8:11:39
Against my better judgement, I feel the need to post to this thread...
Lou Pilder wrote:
> The faith board has a stipulation that posts can not have the potewntial to put down those of other faiths.Actually, neither the faith board description nor links provided on it use the word "potential" in their cautions. I think if the standard were to be that one must decide on posts' merits based on their "potential" to evoke feelings of any kind then that likely would go well beyond the moderator's ability and stamina to maintain. In addition, it would take the established civility standards into the realm of possible instead of actual, which is also difficult if not impossible to judge.
I'd like to add that whether a post has said potential is no less relevant than what is within the reader of the post. A post cannot evoke a feeling that is not already there in some degree. The opposite of feeling is indifference. If the reader of a post is indifferent, then nothing in the post can evoke a potential feeling. How do you judge, then just one side of the dynamic?
Thus, I believe that the post is within the civility guidelines as set forth by Dr. Bob. That does not mean that the post might not evoke certain feelings. Clearly it already has. But revising or sanctioning a post based on its *potential* for evoking feelings is not appropriate as I understand the rules of the Faith Board.
Regards,
gg
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