Posted by alexandra_k on October 31, 2005, at 18:38:27
In reply to Re: the Ministry of Civility » Dinah, posted by zeugma on October 31, 2005, at 18:15:25
sympathy...
i have sympathy all round.i don't like the idea that what we say is censored...
but then i don't like the idea that people can get away with being mean to posters, calling them names and stuf like that...
so... i guess there is a need for some rules. some limits. some restrictions on what it is okay to post.
or at least... lets turn that into a hypothetical... IF you want to foster a supportive environment where people feel relatively safe sharing things that are hard... THEN it would seem to me that there would need to be rules about not putting people down or making fun of them or whatever. And... So we are limited to a certain extent because of the stated purposes of the boards (support and education).
i think it is a hard one...
with respect to the block on politics. i was a little suprised that he got blocked for that.
but i guess... it might help to think that Bush and the current administration does still have some supporters out there. i don't really understand that one myself... i wonder if it has something to do with the lives being lost not being lost for no good reason... but i suppose it is fair to say that there still are some supporters out there. and some of them post to this site. and it has been noted that the politics board seems to already have a fairly liberal bias (which has led to conservatives not being so happy to read / post there etc)... and how are they going to feel when they read comments like those?it is a hard one.
it is really very hard.but i think...
same as dinah...
the world would be a better place if we learned to express our opinions in a way that is more sensitive to the opinions / feelings of others. thats not to say that we have to condone their beliefs or whatever, but it is to say that a little bit of kindness... can go a long way...i dunno
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