Posted by Noa on January 14, 2003, at 16:10:25
In reply to Re: anti-Semitism » OddipusRex, posted by Noa on January 14, 2003, at 15:45:15
I have revised the subject title, if that helps.
It is the behavior, not the person that is offensive to me.
I have no wish to vilify Fuzzy, and would not have felt a need to comment on this at all had Dr. Bob just set limits acc. to the board guidelines. To me, it probably would have been done at that--point out that these comments are offensive to some, please don't use them, etc. etc. Over and done with, everyone continues posting as normal.
To me, I am willing to give any poster the benefit of the doubt, and think of the comments as an error in judgement, an "oops" that with a reminder from Dr. Bob, would not be repeated. No big deal at that point.
But to me the bigger deal is Dr. Bob's error in judgment about the impact of the comments, or his assessment of them as being "gray area", which I disagree with, and that is where I felt I needed to comment. I think Dr. Bob miscalcuated this one big time, because although he was not uncomfortable with the comments, many of us were. Now, his decision to ignore is moot--this is getting way more attention than it would have had he just given a simple limit reminder.
I do not think it is helpful to a distressed poster to allow that poster, no matter how distressed, to post comments that contain slurs and are offensive to members of this online community. And it is not helpful to the community, either.
My beef now is not with Fuzzy, but with Dr. Bob, whom I admire and respect. So I am respectfully asking him to reconsider his decision, which I feel was a mistake.
As for Fuzzy, I hope he will come back to the board and feel welcome, as long as he leaves the slurs at the door.
poster:Noa
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