Posted by gabbii on June 27, 2005, at 14:08:33
In reply to that wasn't the question » Dr. Bob, posted by daisym on June 27, 2005, at 2:05:03
Let me see if I can get into Dr. Bob's head.. :i
I think what he was saying was.. because he didn't find Pinkeye's post to be uncivil himself, he thought Emmy was out of line in asking her to apologize. In the other situation, I think he agreed that Susan was being uncivil, therefore it was okay for for another poster to call her on what she'd said.
I don't agree with it at all. You were hurt, Emmy is your friend, and she knew you would be hurt whether or not it was deemed "Uncivil" by Dr. Bob
I think the tail is wagging the dog, the purpose of "civil" behaviour is (among other things) to prevent hurt feelings, it's purposeless as an arbitrary set of rules. That's what I think happened though. Whew..
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