Posted by Dinah on February 16, 2005, at 3:20:54
In reply to Re: my take, posted by alexandra_k on February 16, 2005, at 1:52:02
Yes, Alexandra. Thank you. Babblers *are* no longer allowed to state their feelings about the gated communities, unless of course those feelings are positive.
Naturally it doesn't follow that people who don't like small boards wouldn't like people who join small boards. And people who join small boards might well *feel* like people wouldn't like them if they joined one. But I know how you feel about taking responsibility for ones' own feelings, as I think you've expressed it eloquently before. Just because they might feel it, doesn't make it true.
Dr. Bob obviously takes your concerns very much to heart, as he has silenced any discussion of dissent to the very idea of gated communities, even in advance of their being implemented. My understanding of Bob's new rule is that you are no longer allowed to say that gated communities are a bad idea because it would logically follow that you were saying that people who belonged to gated communities were bad, and that would be uncivil.
If my understanding is wrong, Dr. Bob, I hope that you will take the time to correct my understanding rather than assuming that I am posting something I know to be untrue. Because I'm not. That's my understanding of the new rule.
poster:Dinah
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