Posted by llrrrpp on July 4, 2006, at 6:07:06
In reply to Re: the idea here is to be supportive, posted by Dr. Bob on July 4, 2006, at 5:34:42
> > Dr. Bob, while Teejay's post was generally critical of Israel, the phrase that you highlight as incivil may be an empirically demonstrable fact.
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> > For instance, if I say that:
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> > The USA has lost over 2000 US soldiers in the war in Iraq.
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> > Is that an offense to the supporters of the USA? I don't think so.
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> I'm sorry he's blocked, but the idea here is to be supportive, not critical. It also tends to be more constructive if things are put things in terms of what other countries might do better rather than what they have done "wrong". And I think it's more civil to say "the USA has lost over 2000 US soldiers" than "Iraq has killed over 2000 US soldiers".
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> BobOkay. I think I'm starting to figure it out. It's not just civility, it's civility in the context of the mission of this online support website. I'm still terrified to speak of political matters. I guess it's good to have alternate venues for such debate. There are many online political forums where one can express political opinions without fear of Dr. Bob blockade. I am too lazy to do any research right now to find one, but political party websites are probably a good place to start.
Dr. Bob, you didn't allow Teejay an opportunity to rephrase or retract his statement. Is this because you failed to detect a supportive message in his post? Or is this because his post was so uncivil that a PBC was too weak?
thanks again for your response. Why are you up at 5:34 am? Perhaps you might need to join a support group for insomniac moderators of online support groups? :o)
-ll
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