Posted by Lou Pilder on August 8, 2014, at 17:50:13
In reply to Re: The Hsiung-Pilder discussion, posted by Dr. Bob on July 9, 2014, at 23:56:51
> > You say that it is your intent to protect members, including myself, by applying your remedy to sanction statements that could put down or accuse another. But it is also then implying that if you use your option to not respond to me, that you will then not use your remedy to protect me from the stone-throwers here.
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> 1. I do sometimes use my remedy to protect you. Most recently:
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> http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/admin/20140304/msgs/1062264.html
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> 2. It's tricky (requires skill, knack, or caution) because if I apply my remedy, the poster could feel like I'm throwing a stone at them.
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> 3. It fits with that policy I like:
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> > > See everything; turn a blind eye to much; correct a little.
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> Bob
Mr. Hsiung,
You wrote,[...if I apply my remedy the poster could feel that I am throwing a stone at them...].
Your statement is a reply to my request to you that as I read your reply to me,if you use your remedy to sanction defamation and anti-Semitism or other statements that could lead one to feel put down or accused, myself and others could be protected from the harm that could come from being a victim of defamation and anti-Semitism that could lead me to feel put down or accused. But it could follow that if you do not use your remedy, then one would not be protected from the harm that could come from being a victim of defamation. You go on to say that if you do apply your remedy, then the poster could feel like you are throwing a stone at them. And then you cite that it fits a policy of turning a blind eye to much.
There could be a subset of reasonable readers that could think that what you are saying here is that you could leave defamation unsanctioned if you think that the poster could think that you were throwing a stone at them. Those readers could think that is a pretext to leave defamation and anti-Semitism unsanctioned as directed toward me and Jews. They could have a rational basis to think that because you have posted that you do not see {feeling} as justifying incivility.
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These readers could also know that you have posted that members are to be civil at all times, not just some times and you TOS/FAQ states that you do enforce your rules. These readers could think that your reply here is a pretext because the site is for support and The Golden Rule is implemented in what support is. For those ignorant of Judaism, they could have a false conception of what the Golden Rule is. But those that understand the Judaism understanding of the rule, they could think that what you have written here that you say if you sanction a post the poster could think that you are throwing a stone at them so you turn a blind eye to it, to be a perversion of the mission of this site. For the facts speak for themselves. It is plainly visible that anti-Semitic statements are allowed to stand but vulgar words are not. That shows that you did not consider to leave the vulgar word unsanctioned on the basis that you thought the poster could feel that you were throwing a stone at them.
Lou Pilder
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URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/admin/20140304/msgs/1069419.html