Posted by Jost on July 20, 2006, at 22:34:27
In reply to Re: The anti-Bob? » Jost, posted by Gabbi~G on July 16, 2006, at 15:49:48
I'm for civility, and not allowing personal attacks, definitely.
There's a gray area, or penumbra, though where someone might say something that makes other people feel bad. Within the gray area, I think it's good to be discriminating-- but also to give leaway.
I don't know. Some of it's really subjective. I've seen instances where someone has said that something hurt them-- and I think they meant they wanted it to be deemed uncivil. And while it matters and isn't good, I'm not sure that's exactly the measure.
But then there might be something that will bother me, that other people don't see -- I don't necessarily think the person shouldn't be allowed to say it-- although I'd want to say why it particularly got to me. Ad hominem stuff is not in the gray area, of course.
I guess I personally wondered about some instances cited on that board--- they gave me some pause about things here. But maybe I didn't know the entire story--.
Jost
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