Posted by Dr. Bob on December 3, 2004, at 4:27:05
In reply to Re: I certaintly hope that... » alexandra_k, posted by alesta on December 3, 2004, at 1:59:41
> I'm guessing faith has a higher average of blocks per post than any other board. And a fair number of people don't post there at all, because no substantial discussion can take place within the guidelines. And faith isn't nearly as hot an issue as politics.
You don't think there's room for substantial discussion? Should the guidelines be relaxed?
> History has shown what happens here when politics is discussed.
IMO, the problem was incivility, not politics.
> even if the regulars decided to be respectful of each others ideas and believe that no one is good or evil, there are just different ways of thinking of problems and solutions - even if regulars do that, the chances that newcomers will also be so forbearing on a regular basis are not high enough to inspire me with confidence.
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> DinahMaybe not, but if the regulars are forbearing, and help the newcomers out, I think that would at least help a lot...
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> Begged 4 parents board but got politics
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> sawSorry, I thought I'd start Parents not from scratch, but with the old Children, and that's turning out to be more complicated that I thought it would be... Thanks for your patience...
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> the civility rules for politics are the same as those for the rest of the boards.
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> I guess I kinda assumed that...
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> alexandra_kRight, the usual rules will apply, but at Faith, there are extra rules, and that may happen at Politics, too, I don't know...
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> discussing politics civilly will get you blocked from this site if you say something using "negative words".
If the words are too negative, then is it necessarily civil?
> i was blocked simply for calling bush's policies destructive... i was not outrageous, i didn't put anyone down, etc. if we are not allowed to discuss anything "bad", then we cannot have a real political discussion.
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> amyIMO, calling them destructive puts down them and those who agree with them. How about a discussion about constructive, "good" policies?
Bob
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