Posted by seldomseen on March 20, 2008, at 10:36:38
In reply to Re: Crash and burn » Dinah, posted by gardenergirl on March 20, 2008, at 9:59:42
To me, the deputies are bound by the letter of the civility rules.
Here on Babble there can be a lot of "babble speak" - a particular kind of phrasing that is, according to the babble rules, civil.
Underlying this babblespeak, however, there appears to be a notion of something somewhat different, but that's just my opinion of what can be conveyed.
And, yes, it is, in my opinion, entirely possible to circumvent the spirit of the civility rules.
Unfortunately, the spirit of that "law" is unenforceable as the tone, rhetoric and intent of a post is entirely open to subjective intepretation.
I think if we wanted the deputies to enforce the spirit of the civility rules, then application of the rules would appear much more unequally applied and would create much more strife than the way things are now.
I guess the bottom line is that the site is very clear about several things. One is that even if we feel provoked, we are all still to remain civil.
I think this is one of the cornerstone's of this site not being dominated by arguments and is, overwhelmingly a good thing. Discretion is always the better part of valor.
If we want to post here, then clearly we responsible for sticking to the letter of civility rules. Sticking to the spirit? Well, that is up to the poster.
Just my thoughts
Seldom
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