Posted by Lou Pilder on November 30, 2004, at 10:46:05
In reply to post-iotatas » Lou Pilder, posted by Toph on November 30, 2004, at 9:27:09
Toph,
You wrote,[Unless...you ask Bob to determine...whether something is antisemitic...you are simply making noise...to get his (Dr. Hsiung's) attention...].
When I look at this , as a whole, there is a procedure for posters to request a determination as to acceptability. But there is a restraint to prohibit more than 3 of these requests involving the same poster to be posted on the administrative board. That leaves a request via email to Dr. Hsiung for a determination and I am suggesting another procedure to be implemented so that if Dr. Hsiung is unavailable to respond to email requests that a poster could halt the thread.
This thread was initiated by my request to Dr. Hsiung to establish a procedure for posters to halt a thread when Dr. Hsiung does not address the post in question and there has been an attempt by either email or posting on the admnistrative board to address the post in question.
There could be posts that could have an adverse effect on some posters in relation to psychological or emotional or psychiatric issues and being that this is a mental health forum chaired by a psychiatrist, it is my opinion that a procedure for posters to halt a thread that has a post that IMO has the potential to arrouse antisemitic feelings or to have the potential IMO to remind jewish people and others of the horrors of nazisim , or have IMO the potential to be defaming or some other good cause, could be a supportive measure here. If there was a poster wanting a halt to a thread, the others in the thread could start another thread. I feel that my suggestion here could have the potential to be a good suggestion.
I do not feel that I am [...simply making noise...to get (Dr. Hsiung's) attention...] because I think that my suggestion has merit here and could be a good contribution to the managment of this site.
As far as asking Dr. Hsiung to determine if something is antisemitic, I do not believe that I have asked him to determine if something is anti-semitic, but to determine if something {has the potential.IMO. to arrouse antisemitic feelings} or has the potential IMO to remind a jewish person of the horrors of nazisism or to have the potential to be, IMO, defaming to another poster and such . A poster could post something that has the potential IMO to arrouse antisemitic feelings and that does not mean that the poster is antisemitic and I do not belive that I posted that a poster was antisemitic.
Noa's post brought this out when he/she wote about,{powerfull and painfull images} in your post. These powerfulll and painfull images have the potential to remind jewish people and others of the horrors of nazisim and it is my deep conviction that statements of that nature are not supportive on a mental health forum in a diverse population as we have here.
Lou
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