Posted by Estella on May 8, 2006, at 18:43:09
In reply to Civility Rules Seem Such A Small Matter, posted by greywolf on May 8, 2006, at 14:37:57
> While I understand the occasional frustration with ticky-tack interpretations of the civility rules, it seems to me in the overall scheme of things that the rules are a really minor aspect of this site.
it isn't about the rules so much as it is about the blocks.
the blocks aren't a 'really minor aspect of this site' because people are getting blocked all the time...
> Seriously, take the hundreds of threads and thousands of posts that provide information, support, and entertainment to babblers, and weigh them against the handful of controversies created by purported breaches of the civility rules. What wins out for you? I know where the scale tips for me.right. then take the 'hundreds of threads and thousands of posts that provide information, support, and entertainment to babblers, and weigh them'...
against the harm done by being blocked.
against the harm done by uncharitable interpretations of peoples posts.
by exiling them from the community.then add in a few other things like past traumas.
past traumas of being told one was unfit for human company so one was locked in ones room for weeks in some instances for some infraction that one could never make sense of.
then factor in how much blocks can retraumatise people.
rationally one might 'know' better
but unfortunately blocks don't work that way.
and bob's attitude seems to be 'oh well it is for the good of the group'
but what if he is wrong?
and bob's attitude seems to be 'i'm worried about the possible people'
but what if they only exist in his head? how many actual people need to be harmed in the process?
poster:Estella
thread:640562
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