Posted by Minnie-Haha on August 5, 2005, at 13:12:35
In reply to Re: On punctuation and meaning, posted by Dr. Bob on August 3, 2005, at 5:13:23
> > I’d written, “... the 3-complaint [rule], as proposed by Dr. Bob ... would silence me in my ‘mission’ to simply make this kind of habitual, public behavior, whoever does it, unacceptable.”
> >
> > Dr. Bob’s comment was, “That's the thing, people can feel they're the target of someone else's mission.”
> >
> > To put it as clearly as I can, when I used the word “mission” in my blocked post, I meant that I believed that some thought me to be on a mission, and not that I saw my effort as a mission or myself as a zealot.
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> Thanks for explaining. Sorry if I jumped to a conclusion.Thank you.
> But if some could think you to be on a mission, they could also think themselves to be your target...
>
> BobI know what it’s like to feel like a target. But if others (and I am NOT talking about anyone in particular) embark on “missions” to affect administration here, and if their behavior in said pursuit is judged with tolerance, then those whose intention and behavior is comparable should, IMO, be afforded equal courtesy. My first attempt to discuss civility rules here was a poor one and I was blocked. Since then, having said nothing egregious – in fact having taken great care to express myself fairly – I might have been given the benefit of the doubt, or at least asked to rephrase myself, instead of getting blocked again.
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