Posted by Tamar on July 14, 2005, at 20:38:08
In reply to Lou's reply to Tamar-stig? » Tamar, posted by Lou Pilder on July 14, 2005, at 16:47:47
Hi Lou,
> You wrote,[...concerned that you may feel stigmatized...].
> Here is Dr. Hsiung's statement in question
> [...sometimes it is more conducive to "civic harmony and welfare" just not to reply, or even not to read in the first place...].
> This was written to a poster that read my post.
> I feel that there is the potential for some others to think that there is the potential for the statement in question to mean that ;
> A. People here will be more civil if they,[...not read in the first place...]. Do you see any potential for any acssociation with "civic harmony and welfare" with ,perhaps, reading what I post?
> Now the Nazis stood in front of the stores owned by jews and said [...don't buy from them...]. I have nothing to sell so no one can say don't by from Lou Pilder here. But the only thing that I do have here is what I write here. [...not to read in the firat place...]? Do you think that there is not the potential for some oehters her to think that they could be be harmed by reading Lou's posts here after reading Dr. Hsiung's statement in question?I think the crucial difference is that the Nazis instigated a boycott of Jewish businesses BECAUSE they were Jewish. If someone suggested that your posts shouldn’t be read because of your religious or cultural identity then that would clearly be uncivil and in my view quite wrong.
But that’s not what’s happening here. In this case we’re talking about the possibility of not reading posts if reading might lead to an uncivil response. It’s not personal and has nothing to do with anyone’s religious or cultural identity.
The issue of civic harmony and welfare is relevant because an uncivil response to your posts can be distressing to others in the community at Babble as well as to you.
I don’t think people are likely to think anyone could be harmed by reading your posts, though they might think that there’s a possibility that some of your posts can elicit a strong emotional reaction in some people.
Thanks for clarifying that you were not intending to compare Babble to the Nazis. I’m still not precisely clear what aspect of the boycott of Jewish businesses you wanted to discuss with reference to administrative issues at Babble. Perhaps something about social exclusion? I don’t see quite how it fits in, but if you expand a little perhaps that will help.
Having said that, I won’t be able to participate in any ongoing discussion at the moment because I’m about to going on holiday for ten days. I wanted to mention that, because I won’t have computer access, and I didn’t want you to think I was ignoring your posts! I’ll be interested to see what’s happened when I get back.
Best wishes,
Tamar
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