Posted by Dinah on December 1, 2010, at 8:58:11
In reply to Re: Elders Council - minimum block time » Dr. Bob, posted by Solstice on December 1, 2010, at 8:02:49
I thought nothing Dr. Bob would do would surprise me.
But the idea that he would give posters the right to decide that his posts were overkill, or unjustified, does surprise me. He just as well deliberate with the council before issuing blocks, so as not to have his actions effectively overturned. He apparently has changed quite a bit.
What you're describing sounds as much a board of appeals as a parole board. Or perhaps even the first level of the judicial process. I can't help but think that animosity towards board members who vote that a block was *not* unjustified and that therefore the poster *was* in the wrong would be not insubstantial. Or that those who see themselves as victims of a poster, when the council members think that a block was unjustified, might be angry with those who might be seen as being insensitive to *their* pain. But perhaps I'm wrong.
You're right. It's not a large number of posters. But that's not counting the posters who feel protective of the blocked. Or the not blocked.
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