Posted by 10derheart on August 20, 2007, at 20:37:07
In reply to oops, sorry I appear to have done wrong..., posted by muffled on August 20, 2007, at 18:08:32
...wrong is harsh. I don't think in those terms about things like forgetting/not knowing one part of a guideline on Babble. Not bad, not wrong, not messed up, not anything like that.
> Sadly, the hand that tries to tame, sometimes gets bit.
I'm sorry if I contributed to you feeling bitten :-( Actually, I was going for more of a calm, *general* (it's not just you, and NOT just on this board) comment. Little nudge that doesn't hurt at all?
>>I was just automatically trying to reply to a post and thot nothing of it.
I know, that's why I decided to post - the little box makes it soooo easy to do.
> So I am sorry if I have caused any distress by doing so.
Probably not, although of course I don't know for sure. I think it's in the FAQ more to cover cases of quoting, say - politicians, other public figures, books, song lyrics, websites - lists could go on forever - with uncivil content. Dr. Bob has decided that it's not automatically civil here to put something in a post just because it didn't come from your own brain?
And to be consistent, Dr. Bob extends it to repeating anything previously posted that was deemed uncivil. I think that it's really been most helpful when it covers some of the more.....hmmm...I can't think of a proper word ..well, I'll say posts with uncivil words that, in the past have been *extremely* upsetting to posters to view over and over again as people discuss them. So, it's a guideline to capture the most cases, from mild to severe?
> Babble is very confusing.Yes, sometimes it can be.
> Or mebbe its just my mind.
> Sometimes it works, sometimes I am in places where it don't work much at all.Me, too.
> Sometimes I live in the tortured Land of Emotion, an evil place of pain.
:-( yuk. I don't like thinking of you there.
> I wish I was perfect.
Are you kidding? Then how could the rest of us hang out with you?! no perfection - please!
> Happy.
> Content.
> Safe...Yes. Yes. Yes.
I just hope maybe eventually, more people can see some of the upside to following civility rules....their intent, as the deputies use them, anyway.
Because truly, we are so much about, "oops, there's a banana peel you've dropped over there, and I wanted to warn you about it, and ask you to please pick it up so others won't slip and fall (and maybe be scared and maybe get hurt.)" We are so *not* about, "Ah-ha! you messed up, you forgot the rules, you're wrong and bad and I'm in charge and here to tell you so (and maybe scare and maybe hurt you.)"
But with complex emotions, and the issues we are all dealing with here, it doesn't always work out that way, I know. But, we keep trying.
Muffled, you're doing great, IMHO. I missed you a lot when you were gone recently. I see your efforts toward peacefulness, understanding and caring toward the Babble community in your posts, believe me. Don't let admin stuff here make anything worse - you know this too, shall pass.
-- 10
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