Posted by Dinah on January 15, 2006, at 15:00:16
In reply to Re: Why not start now?, posted by Dr. Bob on January 15, 2006, at 2:28:28
> Long term posters know the guidelines, too... And say I did know someone tended to get too tough with tough love. What then?
Then you realize that posting with love, particularly between two posters with an established positive relationship, does *not* deserve a six week punishment. It may deserve a one week cooling off period, perhaps with a reminder that no matter how much we may want to help others, there's only so much we can do.
Dr. Bob, you know that I am not against long blocks. My main problem with long term blocks is that they're capped at one year. But I think they should be limited in imposition. If a poster is clearly saying *^%& you to your authority, or to the civility rules, I think longer blocks are in order. But if a poster gets in an argument with you over what's right and what's not right, and perhaps in that argument racks up a couple of weeks of deserved blocks, but comes back and tries to comply with the civility guidelines, doesn't push the envelope, posts with charity to other posters, and then a fair period of time later comes afoul of the civility rules again, for example out of an excess of caring, passion, and a desire to help, why should that poster get a long block? Why not a one week cooling off block?
If said poster comes off that one week block, and immediately does the same thing again, a longer block would clearly be in order, because I've never actually opposed the near universal Babble rule of "If you do what Dr. Bob (or his deputies) *just* told you not to do, you're in for an automatic block, or doubling of the block, or whatever." Because you own this site, Dr. Bob. And you have a right to set rules and expect them to be respected. Even if we may not individually agree with those rules.
Do you understand any of what I'm trying to say?
poster:Dinah
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