Posted by SLS on July 21, 2013, at 6:52:24
In reply to Re: anxiety about Babble and me » SLS, posted by jane d on July 21, 2013, at 1:19:24
Just a few things.
> There's a problem with judging things by people's emotional response to them since we all respond to different things.
Does censorship have a place?
> > It also pains me to ponder the possibility that posting activity has dropped off significantly as Lou Pilder has been allowed to post exaggerations, over-generalizations, and accusations to a greater degree and frequency.
> I think here Lou is being made the classical scapegoat.The scapegoat explanation has become the default argument against investigating cause-and-effect and social responsibility regarding the posting behaviors of Lou Pilder. I was under the impression that scapegoating involves intent; to knowingly blame or punish someone for the acts of others. What is it about my treatment of Lou Pilder that would lead you to characterize it as scapegoating rather than being an inquiry into cause-and-effect and the enforcement of website rules of conduct?
> > What do you think of Lou Pilder's posts?
> It really shouldn't matter what I personally think of Lou's posts.I think it matters. It helps to understand posting dynamics. Why would you not want to volunteer this information? Is each man an island?
> As it happens he is one of several people who's posts I rarely read. I have decided that they are unlikely to contain any information of interest to me and they annoy me so I tend to skip them.
Do you think that there should be unqualified freedom of speech here?
> I also think that everybody else should be able to choose for themselves whether to read or not read them.
How would one come to decide such a thing if they had not yet read them?
You make a great deal of sense.
Let me see if I can make some adjustments.
Thanks.
I think Dr. Bob should either delete the specifications of overgeneralization and exaggeration as sanctionable content in his FAQ or explain why Lou Pilder's posts fail to qualify for such sanctions.
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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