Posted by Gabbix2 on January 8, 2006, at 17:49:46
In reply to Re: Larry's Block and a civil atmosphere, posted by alexandra_k on January 8, 2006, at 14:10:46
> it happens as something of a repeating pattern methinks.
>
> the group starts to feel frustrated with a poster...
>
> one person says something uncivil to them
>
> (and then that can lead to a torrent of that)
>
> dr-bob steps in with a blocking...
>
> the group turns on dr-bob
>
> over and over
>
> interesting...
>
> my guess is he is willing to put up with people being mad at him
>
> so long as people leave one another alone
>I'm not sure how you can think that not hurling paint by number insults is leaving one another alone.
"In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean"
Do you think that its some sort of mindless energy that simply needs to be released and so it's done in the direction of Dr. Bob?
I don't think it is.
I really don't understand why you think punishment in this case is helpful. This isn't education, it's punishment. This is a real community to many and so being excommunicated can be devastating.
I don't agree with, in principal calling people manipulative. I think it can give people the idea that it's okay to shoot off to anyone who annoys them, or who's behaviour they do not understand.
In the case of Larry and deneb they had a relationship, it wasn't a case of getting fed up and spouting off.
A simple reminder to Lar to be careful, and letting him know what it could look like to others, would have been more than sufficient.
Dr. Bob has done that for others who have insulted each other but obviously have an understanding between them.
What's the point of a 6 week block? Is it Because those are the rules? Is it because "I'm doing it this way because this is the way I do it?"
Maybe people are upset because they know how much it can hurt, and because hurting Lar doesn't help the situation at all.
As Dr. Bob always says "Two wrongs don't make a right"
And maybe blocking people for infractions like swearing, and messing up wording when one is overwrought.. on a board for the mentally ill, is a bit like opening a hospital for Anorexics and kicking them out on their as* if they skip dinner.
You yourself called me manipulative..you jumped to an incorrect conclusion, no not with that exact word, but you did.
"Gabbi only asks me not to post to her because she doesn't like it when I disagree with her and wants me to shut up"
Amazingly nothing happened, and you know what? I lived through it.
poster:Gabbix2
thread:596575
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/admin/20051205/msgs/596723.html