Posted by Lou Pilder on July 21, 2014, at 6:56:41
In reply to Re: The Hsiung-Pilder discussion, posted by Dr. Bob on July 21, 2014, at 1:00:10
> > And ... your policy is to not wait to sanction a statement that could put down or accuse someone here because one match could start a forest fire.
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> That was my old policy. My new policy is to accept matches that I see as unlikely to start a forest fire.
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> > when one knows that there is a fire started and refuses to have it put out when they could have done so, then there are those that see the refusal as allowing the escalating of the fire
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> These are matches, not fires, but yes, I'm giving them the opportunity to escalate. If they do, then I'll do my best to put them out.
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> Bob
Mr. Hsiung,
You wrote,[...I'm giving them (statements that are anti-Semitic and statements that defame me and other uncivil statements) the opportunity to escalate...].
A subset of readers could think after reading that, that you are being malicious. They have a rational basis for thinking that because it is well-known that defamation and anti-Semitism posted here in particular unsanctioned ,could cause harm to the recipients of the defamation. And those readers could think that you as a psychiatrist could foresee that type of harm coming to those recipients of the hate being allowed to be seen as civil in the posts where they originate. Your TOS in the FAQ has not been changed and that is what overrides here. For if you now say that without changing your posted FAQ/TOS that you do not have to abide by your own rules and the enforcement of those rules, that subset of readers could think that you are maliciously attempting to manipulate the content that could allow particular people, such as myself, to be victims of the intentional infliction of emotional distress via defamation and anti-Semitism being allowed by you to escalate. When you allow the escalation, there could be the case where you could be too late to stop it, for the forum can go into homes all over the world and you are not 24/7 moderating your forum anyway, and you give yourself the option of not responding to my alerts to you via your notification system which could further lead those readers to think that you are being malicious here. They could think that it is your actual intention to cause injury to me by allowing third -party posts to defame me and insult my faith.
Lou Pilder
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