Posted by Larry Hoover on March 18, 2006, at 11:29:01
In reply to Re: Trigger warnings as POLICY, posted by SLS on March 18, 2006, at 9:41:07
> Hi.
Thanks for weighing in.
Would it be fair to say that this sentence offers a summary of your concerns?
> However, I would still like to express my impression that the attempt to enforce with blocks a policy against submitting unflagged triggering posts seems like it would involve an unwieldy set of rules and protocols.
I am truly concerned that the confounding effect of people's reactions to the current blocking regime quite overwhelms the issue of triggers itself.
I cannot foresee a comfortable (to all) new policy for triggers which would not itself require a re-examination of blocking policy, too.
> So far, civility seems to be judged using a precision that is afforded by an exacting use of grammar to establish a set of rules as to how one person relates to another.
I am less generous. The existing system is arbitrary and capricious, notwithstanding recent attempts to loosen things up a little bit.
I really must get my thoughts on civility properly organized, so that I can then refer to them more effectively.....
Lar
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