Posted by Racer on April 15, 2006, at 13:33:42
In reply to Re:, posted by special_k on April 14, 2006, at 23:01:36
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> owning ones own response as ones own response
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> people getting blocked on politics are getting blocked because they *might* offend americans who seem to have this unfortunate tendancy of taking politics personally.
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>Special K, I'm writing this to you both as an American and as a poster-in-deputy-training -- in other words, with no particular standing in this. :-)
While we all have to take responsibility for our reactions, I think we also have to take responsibility for our actions in making statements which are likely to offend others. Your statement above suggests that all Americans take politics personally, for instance, which many of us are likely to find offensive. You've also characterized that as an "unfortunate tendency." I won't ask what makes it unfortunate, I'll only point out that it does characterize a group of people, Americans, and can certainly be interpreted as a put down.
I'd also like to point out that the people who get blocked on Politics tend to be blocked because of something they've chosen to write. Just as we all have to take responsibility for our reactions, we also have to take responsibility for our actions. Part of responsibility is accepting the consequences, and blocking is a possible consequence here.
So, as a poster with no standing here, I ask you to consider the feelings of others, please follow that old Golden Rule, and please be civil here.
I hope that you can take this as a gentle warning that I see you skating too close to the edge, and don't want to see you go through the ice here. Please don't take it as a sign I don't like you, because it's not meant that way.
poster:Racer
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