Posted by Lou Pilder on March 30, 2003, at 6:03:29
In reply to Re: Lou's response to Bittersweet's post-1C » Lou Pilder, posted by Hollygirl on March 29, 2003, at 22:37:41
Hollygirl,
Thenk you for your interest in.[...clarification...].
You see, the reason that I ask posters for clarification is there is a principle that I believe in that says to give someone an opportunity to explain themselves. There are more than, in general, just one conclusion that one could make from what someone writes. And I believe that if we are going to benifit from our discussions here, that knowing what a poster means by what they wrote could be more theraupeutic than if clarification is not given, for ambiguity could deter perception of the meaning of the discussion. Actually, my requests are not intended to be humorous, but sometimes, they could be if the original statement that I am asking to be clarified carries humorous conotations to begin with.
Also, who are we to rush to some judgement about what a person writes? I prferr to allow a poster an opportunity to clarify before I respond so that misunderstandings could be prevented before there are responses.
Also, there are posters that could be attempting to establish ,[...facts that are not in evidence...], and in thoses cases, clarification, by me, is to squash the attempt, if that is what the intent of the poster is, and if that was not their intent, they have the opportunity to clarify what they wrote so that any misunderstanding would not ensue.
If I was a moderator of an internet board, I would ask posters, in general, to clarify before I would sanction a poster , because there could be more than one interpretation of what someone wrote, and if the poster replied in a manner that constituted being sanctioned in some way, then I would apply the appropriate sanction. But I think that people are entitled to ,[...due-process...], and that is one of the principles that I uphold.
Lou
poster:Lou Pilder
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