Posted by Dr. Bob on December 3, 2004, at 4:39:58
In reply to Re: Crazymaking admin rules incl poss trigger. » gardenergirl, posted by alesta on December 3, 2004, at 1:30:50
> Do you agree that it's best to ignore this kind of post--pretend it didn't happen? Since we all knew it had and it felt malicious in intent, I truly didn't know what to do. (Either malicious or from a troubled person, especially after reading the post that gardengirl was chastened for responding to.)
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> rainyIgnoring is fine, or giving the person the benefit of the doubt...
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> it probably is more likely that all the posts occured before Dr. Bob was able to intervene, and thus they are all the "first offense"?
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> ggThat's what it was, sorry...
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> i personally would get rid of all the civility guidelines and blocks. i think they're mostly worthless and cause for extreme conflict here on admin.
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> amyI agree with Haim Weinberg that that's an "illusory" belief:
> > We can argue that processes in the VLG reveal the Internet Unconscious, which contains an illusory belief that ultimate freedom of speech is achieved in cyberspace and that forum members always show respect and tolerance to different opinions.
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> --Weinberg H. The large group in a virtual environment.
> http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/admin/20040902/msgs/388862.htmlBob
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