Posted by gardenergirl on October 19, 2006, at 14:40:06
In reply to Re: PDPs, posted by Dr. Bob on October 19, 2006, at 8:15:48
> > When DNP requests were first in use - AS I CAME TO UNDERSTAND THEM - they were a last step for folks who could not work out differences or for obvious harassment/safety issues, or behaviors between folks that was egregious.
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> That's still the idea:
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> http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/faq.html#harassed
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> > Now, well, it’s use by some has become more in the line of: “You don’t agree with me, so don’t post to me…”. I don't think that use was necessarily part of it's original intent but we are now able to simply request that from another poster. I don't like it and I think if obvious reasons appear to be lacking, it can be quite hurtful and doesn't exactly improve group harmony but, hey, that's the way it is now.
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> Maybe one way to do it would be to let people request that whenever, but just to enforce it for harassment issues?
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> Sunnydays, I'm sorry if you've felt hurt here.
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> BobSo how would anyone know which are enforceable and which are not?
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