Posted by Deneb on June 26, 2005, at 19:14:20
In reply to Re: blocked for week, posted by AMD on June 26, 2005, at 17:28:25
> For example, the comment that caused me to get blocked was: "The fact that this forum is run as a dictatorship ... is disgusting."
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> You claimed this would make people feel "accused." Then you turned around in the very next paragraph and said "freedom of speech is limited here," which is consistent with the dictionary definition of "dictatorship":Maybe it was not the use of the word "dictatorship" which was the issue, but the use of the word "disgusting" to describe it. I don't think all opinions are ok to express. Opinions that put others down are not ok to express here. If someone called you or your behaviour "disgusting", you would probably feel put down.
> Unfortunately, I suspect this will fall on deaf ears.
Maybe Dr. Bob just doesn't know how to reply sometimes without making the situation worst. Everyone responds differently so maybe not responding is the safest thing to do when people are upset.
I was pretty upset when I got blocked...I kind of got a little crazy and any response would have been interpreted as an attack on me. I'm guessing that blocking made you upset as well? I personally don't like blocks, but there are rules to follow here and we must not break them. I guess blocks are the current answer for enforcing those rules. It doesn't matter why or who breaks them, but Dr. Bob is only human and makes mistakes sometimes. He can never be 100% consistent.
Deneb
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