Posted by alexandra_k on July 24, 2009, at 4:15:28
In reply to Re: make change, posted by Dr. Bob on July 23, 2009, at 5:06:07
You judge certain words to be 'uncivil' when other posters here do not agree that the words are, in fact, uncivil.
You block posters for a length of time when other posters here do not agree that the words are uncivil, or even if they agree that the words are uncivil they do not agree that the poster should be blocked for the length of time you set.
People aren't going to support you in actions they don't believe in.
I mean really. Think about it for five minutes.
Saying to a poster 'if you don't apologize for that you are going to get blocked' might be true. But really how is that civil (on your particular definition of incivility). Why would we encourage people to apologize when we don't believe they have done anything wrong?
Gay people might well have been involuntarily committed and treated against their will for being gay - but that doesn't mean a friend would 'encourage' or 'support' them to stop having a relationship with someone as a 'show of support'. In this case the appropriate thing to do (and never mind showing 'support') is really to campaign to change the laws that one doesn't believe in.
Or leave the country, of course.
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