Posted by Racer on July 22, 2005, at 13:45:03
In reply to Lou's request for so's reinstatement-14th amndmnt, posted by Lou Pilder on July 22, 2005, at 7:53:07
> Dr. Hsiung,
> I am requesting the immediate reinstatement of the poster "so".
> There are many reasons for my request to you.
> The first of these is that there are many posts here that could fall into the catagory of your posting code here to not be acceptable, yet the poster is not expelled. If "so" is held out to be the only poster to be accountable to your code, while others that have written unacceptable posts and not be held accountable, then the selective accountability to "so" raises many questions as to if your sanction of "so" is a sound mental-health practice.
> The United States Constitution, and other constitutions, have clauses that speak to "equal protection". The general meaning of such is that if there are others that are allowed, then this one could be allowed also. Sometimes it is referred to as prohibiting "selective enforcment".
> Lou PIlderFirst of all, Lou, I really am curious about where you find the relevance to the 14th amendment? (While I'm not a constitutional scholar, I do have a passing familiarity with a lot of it, and sometimes even read the Supreme Court's rulings...)
Beyond that, though, Lou, I think the reason "so" was blocked had less to do with her reaction to the "SOme peoPLe" post, and a whole lot more to do with her reaction to being reminded that someone had previously posted a "Do Not Post" request which was being violated. If you read the following post, you'll see that "so," in effect, threatened to post "what I really think" and then proceeded to post a series of attacks, mostly targetting Dr Bob himself, but also insulting other posters here. I think that is a violation of any rules of civility, and therefore the block was probably justified. http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/admin/20050716/msgs/529536.html
Also, Lou -- I was one of the posters singled out by "so" and I will tell you that I did have a very strong emotional reaction to those posts directed at me. My feelings were hurt, and I felt as though I was neither welcome nor safe here at Babble. Do you think that it is appropriate for someone to write something about another poster here that is so directly accusatory? I'm guessing -- and hoping -- that you just didn't see some of those posts.
Anyway, I gotta disagree with you on this one. I don't think that "so" was blocked because the moderators didn't respond rapidly enough. I think that "so" earned her block, and I hope that Dr Bob will support Dinah's actions.
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