Posted by gardenergirl on May 11, 2006, at 13:31:04
In reply to Re: Blocked, posted by Estella on May 11, 2006, at 10:25:45
I'm glad you don't feel accused or put down by verne's post. It's never a fun feeling to feel that way in my experience.
I just wanted to point something out. This may or may not be relevant to your post, but anyway, here it is.
Although Dinah cited one part of the post when she blocked verne, that doesn't necessarily mean that the quoted section was the sole reason for the block. It appeared to me that another section of the post was not about/directed to just you, per se. Thus, if one is considering whether a person could feel accused or put down by verne's post, there are more "people in Bob's head" as you've put it ;) than just the person the post replied to, in this case you.
From my own perspective, when I write a "blocked" post in response to a post which contains multiple statements which could be considered uncivil, it can be difficult to know exactly what to quote from the post. I don't want to hammer out a laundry list of quotes, but I also don't want my choice to imply that one statement might be more "block-worthy" than another when there more than one in a post. Similarly, when there are multiple posts which could be cited in a block, it can appear that the posts that don't get cited are acceptable under civility guidelines when they might not be.
Just wanted to share this. It could be totally extraneous, and if so, feel fee to ignore. :)
gg
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