Posted by AMD on June 26, 2005, at 23:11:52
In reply to Re: blocked for week » AMD, posted by gardenergirl on June 26, 2005, at 21:44:36
Perhaps you don't see the difference? You seem to be confusing criticism of an idea with criticism of a person. Is that not true?
"Charge" of the word, eh? Care to elaborate? So it's OK to say, for example, that my kitchen (something rather benign) is disgusting, but to say it of something much more weighty (freedom of speech) is a no-no? Is this what you're saying? So of the latter I should say only something like "not fair," or "not good," or "a disappointing aspect of the site"?
One thing I should have done was contribute a positive idea, which might have been, for example, an argument as to why freedom of speech could /benefit/ the board. I think I did so indirectly, in that people get banned who are very beneficial (social utility) to more folks on the board than are the persons who caused them to get banned. Larry is a good case in point: we're all sorely missing him. The overall utility of the bored decreaed with his ban, not increased. Unfortunately, Dr. Bob's blanket policy I think throws out of the sheet with the bath water, so to speak. But that's the price for a single, overriding policy.
Anyhow, I don't want to belabor this point. I posted /following/ my ban to express my opinion was to why it was unfair. I think that point has been expressed now multiple times, so I'll stop here and let you all have at it. :-)
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