Posted by SLS on January 24, 2014, at 10:07:32
In reply to Re: Ramble. » SLS, posted by Twinleaf on January 24, 2014, at 8:48:27
> For me, it has become absolutely vital that the civility rules be applied equally and fairly to all community members.
Yes. I couldn't agree with you more. Who wouldn't agree with you? Dr. Bob, I guess.
I think that just because others have learned how to "wear a shield" to discourage retribution, this should not grant a poster a free pass to be uncivil to those who do have shields. You are just about the most reasonable, sober, deliberative, generous, and civil poster here (I could go on, of course, but I am not convinced that you have developed neck muscles strong enough to support a swelled head). I'm not sure how strong your shield is, but why should one need to have a shield at all? I was hoping that Dr. Bob could function as a shield to protect everyone equally. I don't know. Perhaps the best way to prevent being blocked from posting is to beg Dr. Bob to be blocked and write grossly uncivil things. Perhaps the doctor looks at someone doing this as having a pathological "meltdown", in which case the usual rules are suspended. Right now, I don't see much in the way of meltdowns. I see pathology - even my own - but I don't think anyone should be exempt from being judged by the same criteria of civil communication as you are. That doesn't mean that people should necessarily be blocked as they struggle to learn and adapt to the moderation style of Dr. Bob.
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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