Posted by Lou Pilder on August 17, 2006, at 22:29:06
In reply to Lou's reply » TexasChic, posted by Lou Pilder on August 17, 2006, at 21:09:54
Friends,
I suggest that the rule here be dismantled and its parts examined and reassembled.
Let us lookat all the parts
A.consecutive posts
b.how those posts occurred
C.what is not acceptable
I suggest that we agree that if there are consecutive posts, that they are there because no other person responded between, not that the poster told others to not respond.
If those posts are connected to each other in some relevance, then they are acceptable speech. This means that there could be 10 consecutive posts if they are connected in relevance.The consecutivness means that no other member posted between, not that the poster told others to not post.
Thearfore, I consider it to be reasonable to examine consecutive posts to see if they are reletivly connected, and thearfore acceptable, for others could if they wanted to, post at their will between.
So this brings up that my posts would be acceptable if the posts were connected in relevance. What would not be acceptable would be posts that are random in nature, with no connectivness and was just someone posting without purpose. But would that not also be relevant in a mental health forum?
You see, the restraining of members to speak in a group has relevance if the group is self-contained. Like a classroom or court house.
But this forum is an open forum, so that one person's posts do not in any way stop another from posting. In a classroom, only one person at a time to speak makes sense. In a court, that also makes sense. But this is a forum with many boards and one person speaking does not prevent any others from speaking. They can start a new thread of their own.
Thearfore, I am suggesting that the rule be abolished immediatly and rebuilt part by part, one piece at a time.
Lou
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