Posted by Minnie-Haha on May 14, 2005, at 19:51:55
In reply to Re: blocked for 2 weeks » Minnie-Haha, posted by Dr. Bob on April 30, 2005, at 14:55:35
As a follow-up, I would like to say that I was surprised and hurt to be blocked on this thread, for the following reasons.
1. THE PARAGRAPH IT STARTED WITH said: “First: I’m not trying to attack any particular poster here. I assume that most posters here are nice people with lots of positive things to contribute to the group. What I’m trying to do is start a discussion on whether or not a certain kind of posting behavior can be considered uncivil, and if so, what to do about it.” (At the beginning of the thread, I also used a he/she construction, but that got clumsy so I switched to the generic “he” that is common in English. That is “he” in the sense of “anyone” and not a particular person.)
2. MY POSTS ON THIS THREAD name no particular posters. You will find that others do, but I never even respond to those posts. All of my arguments are hypothetical situations, sometimes featuring an offender called “Minnie.” (Me… Though at the end of one of my last posts, I stumbled and used the words “a certain individual’s behavior,” but even then I did not identify anyone. And in my own defense, at this point in the thread I was getting tired.)
3. CONSIDERING THAT *** INTENTION *** is the bulk of the other side of the debate here, I think it’s ironic and extreme that I was blocked on this thread even though my intention is not to hurt anyone. What I’m trying to do, as carefully as possible, is address a behavior that is hurtful to me and to others. (I was blocked on a previous thread on this subject, but I wasn’t as careful then and the punishment seemed fair.)
FOR THE TIME BEING, I will try to ignore the kind of behavior we’re talking about. However, I think asking people who are offended to ignore it is rather unfair in an otherwise pretty-darned fair forum. (Help, help! I’m being repressed.)
poster:Minnie-Haha
thread:487910
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/admin/20050417/msgs/497818.html