Posted by Lou Pilder on August 8, 2007, at 18:53:57
In reply to Re: Lou's reply, posted by Dr. Bob on August 6, 2007, at 23:41:59
> > could you clarify what is the standard {your rationale} then that approves it
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> It feels to me like a reasonable balance between support and freedom to post.
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> BobDR. Hsiung,
In what you wrote above, let us look at the whole statement that what you wrote came from:
[...Since it was approved by you, could you clarify what is the standard {your rationale} then that approves it {keeping in mind} what you have posted concerning if one believes it and that {...being supportive takes precedence...}posted by you on 7/22/02.
What you posted on 7/22/02 was:
[...Sometimes the goals of these boards conflict. One goal of course is that they be supportive. Another is that people feel free to post, since how else are they going to be supported? >But being supportive takes precednce<. My approach to civility is,|it doesn't matter if someone really belives something--or to some extent even if it is true--if it is uncivil they shouldn't post it|(Robert Hsiung 7-22-02).
I went on to ask:
I am trying to determine if there are or are not two standards here. For the action that you have taken in regards to posting that {you think it is good} for a post to be prefaced with {I believe} after it was unapproved and then became approved by allowing the member to modify the unapproved statement with {I belive} is having me a request for a want for infomation concerning your rationale and action you have taken and policy and rules here.
Then I went on and asked you in your reply to keep in mind your statement,{...being supportive takes precedence...]and posted the link my requests to you on July 11;
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/admin/20070702/msgs/768966.html
In your reply to me here, you write,[...it {feels} to me as a reasonable balance between support and freedom to post...]
The grammatical interpretation of you statement could involve your use of {feel}. You have posted in your TOS that you use the standard of being {fair}. One of the generally accepted meanings of {fair} is that what is done is {impartial} and free from self interest and conforming to established rules. One of the generally accepted meanings of {feel} is that if something is done as to that a person {feels} it, that {sentiment} is used or {affection}which is different from {reasoned conclusion}
I do not know what meanings you are intending in the use of the words, {fair} and {feel} here.I am requesting that you clarify if you are using one of the generally accepted memanings of {fair} and {feel} that I have mentioned here, or some other meaning of the words. If they are of a different meaning that you are using them, could you post here what those meanings are? If you could , then I could hve the opportunity to respond accordingly. Let us consider iff one can have a statement that is not approved here to be made approved by prefacing it with I believe, and you write that it doesn't matter if one belives it. Could one post here a statement by Hitler that has the potential to lead a Jew to feel accused or put down by them prefacing the statement with I believe? I am trying to determuine if there are two standards here or not because if I was to post that my God has revealed to me[... a commandment {that I} XXX(the foundation of Judaism)...],which I believe, that has been determined by you to be not approved here, yet the statement in question that you arrproved by allowing it to be prefaced with {I believe} is a foundation of Christianity. Could you clarify this for me here?
Lou PIlder
poster:Lou Pilder
thread:768966
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/admin/20070702/msgs/774900.html