Posted by trouble on February 24, 2002, at 17:35:31
In reply to Re: Am I overeacting?, posted by OldSchool on February 24, 2002, at 16:05:43
Boy oh boy oh boy I can see it coming, getting myself tagged as Old School's b*tch, but his/her latest reply is breathtakingly dead-on.
Yes, it's frankly insensible to accuse one person of "intending" to get someone else kicked off the site. I didn't get that impression at all when I read it, BUT I was not the subject of the lament. That's the thing. And Old School's feelings were IMO totally in keeping w/ how I'd expect anyone to feel, under the circumstances.
Old School's feelings have been given short shrift in this matter, and if I were him/her that wouldn't go unnoticed either. If my name turned up on this board, unbeknownst to me, I'd be giving birth to defensive conspiracy theories far less coherent than his/hers.
Of course it is significant that this concern
showed up on the Administration board, again, please lets not ascribe motivation to others, it's not only unfriendly, it is, to be frank, ignorant. We can't know what's in another person's heart. Period.Old School, I'd like you to entertain the possibility that one turns to this board in distress not necessarily to tattle, but perhaps because of the no-nonsense, problem solving atomosphere here. That should lend some insight as to the depth of her ambivalence. She wasn't condemning so much as trying to figure you out, she was stymied, so she took her question to the next level. I see nothing wrong w/ that. And there were consequences. Of course.
I'm sorry if I'm ticking anybody off, but I'm confused too, and my way of dealing w/ that is to narrate the situation step by step to try to get the big picture. I know it can be a pain in the neck, but it's only my 2 cents worth.
trouble
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> > OldSchool - you appear to be awfully paranoid. I'm sure that wasn't Judy's objective at all.
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> > You obviously can't see how provoking your thread is. I don't have a problem with that, but it's certainly legitimate for someone else to.
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> Whenever someone comes over here complaining about another poster and says that this poster "disturbs" them, then that is heading towards the direction of being banned. I dont know if you realize this or not <sarcasm> but Dr. Bob has a tendency to boot people on here at the drop of a hat it seems. A post that "disturbs" someone as Judy claims my posts "disturb" her would probably also be seen as "uncivil."
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> One thing leads to another. Disturbing posts could be interpreted as uncivil posts and uncivil posts leads to being banned. Do you understand that? This board if full of people who are excessively sensitive and politically correct and it needs to stop.
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> Instead of calling me paranoid, why dont you use some common sense? If someone says another poster "disturbs" them, thats basically the same thing as being uncivil. More or less the same thing on this board.
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> Old School
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