Posted by Dinah on April 21, 2007, at 9:49:19
In reply to I don't know that any have been reviewed, posted by gardenergirl on April 21, 2007, at 8:14:50
FWIW, which as always probably isn't much. And I hope that it doesn't just make things worse as it often does.
At the current time to my knowledge, animal cruelty jokes are not against the civility rules, and cannot be acted upon by deputies. Because we really don't have any power, we only have the authority to act on existing rules in the way we think Dr. Bob would.
It is possible to campaign for adding animal cruelty jokes to the civility guidelines. The campaign would need to be addressed to Dr. Bob, who is the only person with the power to make a rule change. The campaign would, of course, have to be civil under existing rules. And posts or posters should not be pointed out as examples, because that's what the report this post button is for.
As always with a new or newish rule, I must add that Dr. Bob will correct me if I'm incorrect in my interpretation about the new report this post function rule, and what is allowable to discuss on admin (in generalities) in light of the new rule. It might be wise to wait until he has a chance to do so.
This post is made with only the intent to be helpful as best I can and to clarify the rules as best I know them. There is no intent to do anything else whatsoever.
I'm sorry if my post, for whatever reason, does not accomplish its intended goals.
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