Posted by so on June 11, 2005, at 18:54:04
In reply to Re: Lou's request to the administration » Lou Pilder, posted by alexandra_k on June 11, 2005, at 18:17:23
> It is only when things go unsupportive and / or people complain of feeling offended that the civility rules come into play.
If I had not seen evidence supporting other conclusions, I might also wonder why Lou pursues the line of questions he does. But I have seen several times when the admin calls posts into question solely because he believes a hypothetical reader could possibly feel put down, and have at other times stated that my status as a citizen of the United States makes me a member for a group whose collective decisions were called "hypocritical" "pathetic" and "a joke" but no administrative effort was afforded to mitigate the impact the statments had on me, regardless my tedious efforts to articulate how I reacted to them. Such would tend to support a conclusion that some people's feelings don't matter as much as others do to the administrator, which apparently leads some members to explore whose feelings matter to the administration and why.If Lou's concern is solely about the consistency of administrative policy, he supports my interests by bringing those concerns to this board. If Lou vicariously felt something untoward about somebody laughing in the face of mortal circumstances, he would seem correct to bring his concerns to this board, regardless whether the parties in question felt or intended a put-down. After all, if we are now allowed to joke about death, I could tell some very interesting stories...
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