Posted by Dr. Bob on April 18, 2006, at 22:24:20
In reply to Re: Two separate issues » gardenergirl, posted by special_k on April 15, 2006, at 22:36:10
> there was a rumination about how perhaps it was an american tendency to take politics personally but then i noted z was from america. so there is an exception.
> i was not talking about ALL americans.
> it is an unfortunate tendancy the way having a tendancy to bake in the sun would be an unfortunate tendancy: it is likely to lead to the experience of pain. There is no judgement in the 'unfortunate' it is just that seeing as the consequences aren't so well it might be better to rethink things...
Please don't post anything that could lead others to feel put down. Implying that people should rethink things could lead them to feel put down. Excepting some members of a group still leaves the others. Sorry, but I'm going to block you from posting for 2 weeks (see below).
But please don't take this personally, this doesn't mean I don't like you or think you're a bad person.
If you or others have questions about this or about posting policies in general, or are interested in alternative ways of expressing yourself, please see the FAQ:
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/faq.html#civil
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/faq.html#enforceOne possibility is to ask another poster to be your "civility buddy" and preview posts before you submit them.
Follow-ups regarding these issues, as well as replies to the above posts, should of course themselves be civil.
> i don't appreciate the way you characterise my views. i guess it isn't intentional... but i feel they are being caricatured and without reference to what i actually said.
That's what can happen after a critique...
> according to the faq if it is *possible* for someone to respond by feeling offended then the comment is uncivil. my point is... people could *possibly* feel offended in response to pretty much anything. but clearly pretty much anything is not uncivil.
Right, so judgment is required.
> if you talk about some of her crappy politices ideas or implementing of those... i wouldn't feel offended. i can't think of a single person in nz who would.
>
> if you guys started poking fun of this tin pot country in the south pacific. where teh sheep outnumber the people i won't feel offended either. don't know anyone in nz who would.There might be others there who would. Again, please respect the views of others and be sensitive to their feelings.
> was anyone offended by declans remark?
> i'm serious.
> can you read charitably and feel offended by his remarkMaybe people were, but are being charitable and not saying so. IMO, one can be charitable and still feel offended. And still enforce guidelines.
Bob
PS: I'm trying out a new system:
previous block: 2 weeks
period of time since previous block: 10 weeks
particularly uncivil to other posters: no
different type of incivility: no
clearly didn't understand PBC and made effort to reply: no
provoked: no
uncivil in multiple posts at same time: kind of
already archived: noIf we divide 10 weeks by 10, that's a reduction of 1 week. If we apply that to your previous block, that's 2 - 1 = 1 week. And if we double that, that's 2 weeks.
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