Posted by Dr. Bob on December 24, 2013, at 3:11:48
In reply to Re: a crucible » Dr. Bob, posted by Phillipa on December 23, 2013, at 19:42:46
> some deputies appeared to be ultra-sensitive people whose tolerance threshold for "incivility", like the canary's low threshold for oxygen deprivation, was very low. Maybe what's good for a coal mine isn't necessarily good for the forum.
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> RonnjeeTo be fair, back then, I had a low tolerance myself. So I may have selected "ultra-sensitive" deputies.
> It seems to me that it's always been okay to feel something without fear of block. But to think something was a cause for a block in some cases. But to me feelings are one thing being emotional and to think would mean using ones brain to think a thought. Why is this? Thanks clearing this up would be helpful for me. As in real life I (almost said think) but feel I've become easier for others to have me back down or an issue.
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> PhillipaIt depends on what you think. If you say you think someone's stupid, they might feel put down, so I'd consider that uncivil. But if you say you think you back down easily, that's about you, not anybody else. And saying you feel angry, or whatever, is about you, too.
Does that help?
Bob
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