Posted by Dinah on October 22, 2006, at 21:04:00
In reply to Re: Do more rules make for a more civil society?, posted by Toph on October 22, 2006, at 20:23:26
This is actually the point I've been arguing.
I think there should be different levels of offenses with different consequences. So that swearing, for example, would be capped at one or two weeks even for repeat offenders. While being offensive towards another poster might stay under the same system as now.
In our house, the price for swearing is 25 cents in the curse cup. And it remains that no matter how many times I swear. (My son paid up exactly once and decided *nothing* was worth 25 cents just to say, so I'm the main contributor.) It doesn't double with each infraction. Even if I curse ten times in a day. And believe me, it does add up to a deterrant even at 25 cents.
I guess there might be some controversy over which behaviors fell into which category. But once decided on, it would seem to me that there would be fewer blocks that *appear* on the face of it to be result in absurdly long blocks.
It also occurs to me that instead of trying to create so many rules, it would be better to just have Dr. Bob have the ability to ask someone to stop doing something, without creating an elaborate rule system. But that's me, and I know Dr. Bob prefers things that can be generalized.
I *think* I understand Dr. Bob's position on doubling blocks on "misdemeanor" offenses. I'm just not sure I agree with him. Maybe because I don't particularly see it as defiance while he possibly might?
poster:Dinah
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