Posted by Oddipus Rex on April 19, 2003, at 8:37:38
In reply to Re: Evil lives in posts......Shar,OR, Wendy, et al, posted by noa on April 19, 2003, at 6:42:27
Is there some way to put In reply to.... and insert the url automatically like it does when you reply to a post on the same board? That's what I thought would happen. That's why I had to go back and put all the this was posted by.....on PB2000 posts. I wouldn't have any objection to just posting the url here. But I don't see any real advantage either. Anyone can click on the link. And a quote makes it clear what the objection is.
I could have posted on Social but I thought I was avoiding arguments by coming here and asking Bob to deal with it rather than taking it on myself. I thought that was an indication to Lou that I didn't agree with what was being said without escalating things any further. So much for good intentions.
I understand that some people think if nothing is said it might not be noticed by the poster likely to be hurt. I think it is better to speak up and support the poster because it is a public record and there is no reason to assume he won't see it.I don't think I ever posted anything to suggest evil was living anywhere or said anything negative about anyone. I was disagreeing with what was posted and complaining about the posts.
> OK, Thanks. Just a time lag. Makes sense to me now. After reading your other post in the thread above, regarding posting URLs instead of text, I think this is making more sense to me, too. I hadn't thought of that, but it is a good idea. Maybe a practice that should be "institutionalized" (no, not THAT kind of institutionalization!). Ie, if we want to have an "administrative" discussion about a post that is potentially hurtful, that instead of pasting the text into our post here, we just cite the url.
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> The only exception I can think of at the moment is when (as happened a few months ago), there is a dispute over whether the post in question is offensive and someone wants to make an argument to Dr. Bob and needs to cite actual text in support of their argument that certain language from the post is offensive or not.
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> As for "private" discussion. As y'all know, this is not private in any way, shape or form. Everything we post becomes a published document, and out there in perpetuity for anyone with internet access to read. The restricted boards are a "privilege" I think in that they limit the number of respondents to those with longevity at this site. (I assume Dr. Bob will add new restricted boards for 2002, etc. as time goes on). But we should keep in mind that anyone can read them. I think that people were feeling extremely frustrated and it was coming out in their posts, but I tend to doubt anyone believes that it is proper to say unkind things about other posters in the "safety" (pseudo) of a restricted board.
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> We all slip sometimes when we are frustrated.
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