Posted by partlycloudy on July 22, 2005, at 9:54:44
In reply to Re: Lou's request for so's reinstatement-ftrhosten » Lou Pilder, posted by Dinah on July 22, 2005, at 8:30:42
Lou, I believe that Dinah acted in good faith and with excellent judgement in placing the block on "so". Dr Bob has indicated the length of the block as 1 year. Perhaps you should consider that there might have been other infractions of the civility rules (i.e., abusive emails, personal attacks using Babblemails; and perhaps it was discovered that "so" was an already blocked poster who snuck in using a different name? This is all conjecture on my part.) that contributed to his decision that would not be apparent to us fellow posters here on the boards?? And that Dr bob is not obligated in any way to divulge what those infractions might be, but instead places the protection of this site and its users at the forefront. I don't think it's my place to question Dr Bob's decision when it was abundantly clear that "so"'s stated purpose was to incite outrage here. He has protected PsychoBabble and its participants in blocking "so" for this length of time.
I'd also like to point out that this website is not a democracy in any shape or form! I wouldn't think that the US Constitution would have a place in protecting a private citizen of the world here. Otherwise you'd be implying that the United States has overall power and rule over the Internet.
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