Posted by Toph on October 22, 2006, at 20:23:26
In reply to Re: Do more rules make for a more civil society?, posted by Jost on October 22, 2006, at 20:00:24
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> The things is-- it's really a question of whether Bob is fair-- not whether the rules are fair-- or overly numerous-- at least so far. I'm not sure I see unfair rules--
>Good point. It seems to me that it is impossible to know a poster's intent which plays a big role in whether something is civil or not, so he had to rely on rules for fairness. If someone posts something agregiously offensive and gets a warning and another poster writes the word cr@p and gets blocked for a year, well, there's certainly something wrong here. Where I come from as long as I pay my parking tickets it doesn't matter how many I get, they're all $5. Now that's fair.
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