Posted by Dinah on December 14, 2010, at 7:50:23
In reply to Re: ???, posted by Solstice on December 14, 2010, at 2:00:42
> I think the dynamics of a Council made up of fellow posters will be very, very different than deputies made up of fellow posters. WAY different. But we won't know for sure unless we get a Council seated and see how it works. Remember - a crucial factor to it is that Council not in any way be seen as Bob's minions. They will not be 'doing' anything for Bob. Their work will be on behalf of the community, and blocked posters. They will not be answering to Bob - and they won't need his permissionm to release a block.
For the record, deputies saw themselves as working for the community, not Bob. I think I might feel offended, though I'm sure your intent wasn't to cause offense.
All I recall Dr. Bob saying about minimums is that real parole boards base it on a percent of time served. I could be wrong.
The power to keep a block in place doesn't sound that much less anger producing than the power to block in the first place. I think somewhere you mentioned that a rejection of parole would rarely happen as long as people were civil in asking for the reduction. I'd be interested in seeing if that was as true for *all* posters, regardless of their popularity or perceived value, or the popularity and perceived value of the recipient of the incivility. Or the perceived "truth" of the statement that caused the block.
I think if I were to be the recipient of incivility from someone who was paroled, or if I felt bad for the recipient of incivility from someone who was paroled, I'd feel the same sort of feelings I feel towards regular parole boards when a parolee hurt someone. Suitably scaled, of course, for the severity of the hurt.
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