Posted by lil' jimi on November 26, 2005, at 3:07:01
In reply to Question about lil' jimi's 2 week block, posted by TofuEmmy on November 13, 2005, at 7:49:08
hi emmy,
> In this post http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/poli/20050924/msgs/577960.html lil' jimi was blocked for two weeks for posting a quoted article which stated:
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> " Anyone who advocates the use of torture or inhumane treatment for any reason should be viewed with contempt. "
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> Bob - I know you don't want posters to put down others, but doesn't this stop at any point? Are we not allowed to say that torture is a bad thing? Are we allowed to say encouraging seriel murder is a bad? What about child sexual abuse? Can I post something that says, "supporting men in their efforts to sexually abuse children is wrong"? Or is that putting down child sex offenders? I'm not being sarcastic...I really want to know.
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> emmy
>i agree with dr. bob.
viewing torture with contempt is acceptable.
viewing torturers with contempt is not.
the civil challenge will be to bring the appropriate level of condemnation to the policies supporting the use of torture,
and to torture itself, for pete's sake,
while at the same time, not transgressing dr bob's "thou shall be civil" commandment against these would-be self-described torturers ...even they, along with any other putatively objectionable folks are not to be offended, nor to be made to feel put down nor degraded by what we write here.
at least that is how i interrupt the rules here.
i can always stand to be corrected.
and i do think the rules serve a very useful purpose.
i deserved my block for my ineptitude in posting the quote without a more discerning eye toward the quotation.i apologize.
to the torturers.
not!no, i apologize to our babble community for failing to express myself in a civil manner.
sorry 'bout that.~ jim
poster:lil' jimi
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