Posted by Dr. Bob on December 5, 2010, at 3:15:30
In reply to Re: blocks » Dr. Bob, posted by Free on December 4, 2010, at 17:36:05
> > When there's too much incivility, a community can be cold, distant, and stagnant, and there can be a loss of spontaneity, naturalness, expressiveness, and opportunity for cohesion and growth.
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> Of course that's not true.
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> When there's too much incivility things get noisy and rowdy and fights break out.
> But none of the things you mention occur.
> Maybe the cohesion and growth, but certainly not stagnant.OK, the fighters aren't stagnant, but the bystanders are.
> The archives for the Politics Board will attest to that.
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> sigismundWhat about these archives? Politics is the politics of elsewhere. Admin is the politics of here. :-)
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> I don't want to be on Karpman's Triangle stage where my role is to play an R by asking a V to apologize and rephrase when the V is hurt by your P.
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> FreeMaybe in those terms I'd see you in the V role: losing your friends to blocks, stuck somewhere cold, distant, and stagnant, and feeling powerless?
Bob
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