Posted by Toph on January 18, 2006, at 10:16:57
In reply to Posting with love » Dr. Bob, posted by Dinah on January 15, 2006, at 15:00:16
...But if a poster gets in an argument with you over what's right and what's not right, and perhaps in that argument racks up a couple of weeks of deserved blocks, but comes back and tries to comply with the civility guidelines, doesn't push the envelope, posts with charity to other posters, and then a fair period of time later comes afoul of the civility rules again, for example out of an excess of caring, passion, and a desire to help, why should that poster get a long block? ...>
>I hope I'm not going off on too great a tangent here Dinah, your argument as ever is logical and pursuasive. But you seem to be talking about a scenario where posters break civility rules who have the capacity to constrain themselves. I have always wondered about the inherently unsupportive nature of punishing posters whose emotional problems impair their ability to remain civil in the moment. Isn't it fair to assume that by not making differential analyses of the emotional state of the offenders, people who benefit greatly from this mental health environment are sent away?
I know that the problem with this criticism is that it is not constructive, it lacks a proposed improvement. PB has to be safe, so there has to be consequences for people who offend or attack others. It just strikes me that if I had been punished for everytime I acted uncivil in therapy, I would not have eventually benefited from treatment and likely would be in an institution somewhere.
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