Posted by Jost on July 3, 2006, at 19:19:56
In reply to Confused about Teejay's block, posted by llrrrpp on July 2, 2006, at 22:23:14
First, I don't agree that Teejay should have been blocked, because I have no problem with freewheeling or rather aggressive political discussion, including on the Politics board of Pbabble.
Having said that, I found Teejay's remarks tending to be uncivil, although not unacceptable because politics can make people to say things that make others uncomfortable..
What Teejay said isn't a fact, IMO, in the sense that if you isolate certain aspects of a situation and state them baldly, they aren't true, because they're so incomplete. While narrowly not false (although one could quibble about tone, and even word-choice), they misrepresent the state of play of a more complex situation. Esp. when they aren't very apropos to a serious discussion.
I don't really want to go into the whole situation in the mideast, particularly involving Israel and the Palestinians--but there are categories of discussion that invoke many intense feelings so if you're ever going to be careful, you should be careful then . To me, this is one. Certainly, it could be discussed, but one would be walking near minefields, I think, given the rules of Pbabble.
But again, I'm not in favor of blocking Teejay. Hope this isn't perceived to be uncivil of me.
Jost.
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