Posted by Toph on September 25, 2004, at 21:41:22
In reply to Re: Support » Toph, posted by Larry Hoover on September 25, 2004, at 16:21:53
Lar, if a PB neophyte may be so bold as to address you, I am too new and perhaps not astute enough about civility as it is applied here to discuss when an unconventional posting style is uncivil. I will say this, if a poster uses an unconvetional style with another poster my guess is that the incivility threshold might be lower than when that style is used in an attempt to lure Dr. Bob into a response. Second, I confess that my post was a kind of experiment to see if a somewhat veiled critical message to an individual could avoid a PBC through the use of a hypothetical and rhetorical questions. Finally, I really do think a forum that purports to be supportive of its participants needs to be tolerant to some degree of eccentric comunication styles.
It seems that there are certain rites of passage here. So far, if been booted off for getting offended by someone and making the mistake of telling them, and now I have had the pleasure of receiving a message from one of the more famous/infamous babblers. Thanks for responding.
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