Posted by alexandra_k on December 2, 2004, at 23:52:56
In reply to How about the people who will be hurt?, posted by Dinah on December 2, 2004, at 8:10:33
> Perhaps they're just too weak to be at PB anyway.
(((((Dinah))))) I am sorry that (after rereading it) my post seemed insensitive to your feelings about this.
From my understanding of the situation your feeling hurt by some of the things that have fairly recently been posted on politics is indeed understandable.
What hurt you was unacceptable, however, and people did get PBC'd / blocked as a result of what they had posted.
I repeat: that was understandable and I do not think that you are at all 'weak' to feel hurt in response. But people are being given the opportunity to discuss politics in a way that is more respectful and hopefully this is an opportunity for us to at least see whether it is possible to discuss political issues in a non-offensive way.
I do agree that I was hoping for a more general issues board rather than specifically politics.
Maybe see whether general issues are allowed to stay or whether they get redirected?
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