Posted by Honore on February 24, 2007, at 12:52:37
In reply to Re: I wish we had consistent enforcing of the rule » Meri-Tuuli, posted by scratchpad on February 24, 2007, at 11:17:02
Meri, I agree with you on the fact that I often don't want posts xxx'ed out or pbced etc.
That's why I see selective enforcement --or, actually, selective or, simply, limited attention-- as beneficial.
If I don't want a post or poster pbc'ed-- I'm glad it/they aren't.
Consistent enforcement is an ideal notion; it's not possible to have it in the real world of pbabble.
Why regret that, when the plus side is that each of us, with our private standards, can see things that might, in the "ideal" world of consistent enforcement, be blocked, etc, left to stand?
ie there are pluses and minuses to all things: the plus of consistent enforcement is intertwined with the minus of sacrificing posts or people or people's equanimity to various sanctions;
the minus of inconsistent enforcement is uncertainty or sometimes a feeling of anxiety about fairness, or discomfort with some posts, but the plus is that things that each of us might prefer are to that extent satisfied.
You can't have it both ways: you can only have the plus of each side of the either/or, not the plus of both sides at once, without any minuses.
So be happy that the unxxxed post is there if you're okay with it, even at the cost of some falling away from the ideal enforcement-- even at the cost of seeing some posts that you're uncomfortable with left also.
Honore
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