Posted by alexandra_k on September 16, 2006, at 17:19:29
In reply to Re: How about..., posted by SLS on September 16, 2006, at 7:44:10
> You mean bring the past into the present...
only the pbc will show up on the current boards the rest of the thread (and the original post) will remain in the archives. in fact... it doesn't have to be a pbc that bob posts... it could just be something to say that that phrasing isn't in accordance to the civility rules. more for other posters benefit than to get the poster of the thread in trouble. that is the idea.
> ...with no limitation as to how far back in time a post was submitted.yep.
my understanding is that lou typically does request determinations not just on the current boards but from the archives as well. bob typically ignores the past ones 'lets leave the past in the past' but... it that really helping the issue?
in my trails over the internet i found a link to something fairly unfortunate that bob said at one point. i take lou's point that it sounds... like something that might incline a reader to think that it was okay to post things likely to arouse anti-semetic feelings. i can take lou's point.
but that is one instance and i guess i do think of it as unfortunate. i don't think i've seen them all over the boards and i don't think it was bob's intention that it come across that way.
but...
how hard would it be to add a clarificatory post?
i don't know.
maybe it is opening up a can of worms.
perhaps...
but to say 'lets just leave the past in the past' well...
maybe it depends on how hurt you have been in the past as to whether that is the best thing to be done or not.
how much the past does indeed live in the present anyway.bob might be keen to forget past inconsistencies...
not sure how people feel who have been the subject of them...
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