Posted by Honore on June 29, 2007, at 1:20:48
In reply to Re: blocked for 33 weeks » zenhussy, posted by Dr. Bob on June 29, 2007, at 0:29:42
Could I point out a potential problem with the blocking system or at least its application in cases where someone has had a long block, as with zenhussy?
As the absolute length of the block increases, the reduction, while it may be of the same percentage, and be produced by an identical formula, still has a disproportionate effect, because of the absolute lengths of time involved.
This seems to me to cause some systemic unfairnesses. I have no idea what caused zen to have such a long block, but it somehow seems out of justice to me for someone to achieve several years of good behavior (or two, anyway) without a block, and yet only to have the length of their block reduced by a small number of weeks, even if the percentages work out.
Maybe this isn't well-worded, but I hope it captures the general idea that over two years of good behavior somehow seems incommensurable with a block of 33 weeks. This may primarily be a fuzzy concept, but there is something about absolute time that conflicts with a formula for calculating blocks derived in a context where one usually thinks of blocks of fairly short periods of time.
Honore
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