Posted by alexandra_k on November 2, 2005, at 22:30:38
In reply to Re: on Civility » Dinah, posted by Toph on November 2, 2005, at 21:53:52
> I'm not sure either except that I'm thinking that if one becomes consumed with civility it can supplant/undermine/compromise the goal of support in much the same way that laws designed to preserve a social order can impinge on civil liberties.
Yup.
> ...it has always bothered me that a site that purports to be a supportive place for people struggling with mental illness could justify blocking someone under the premise of civility for weeks on end for something as assinine as an individual who utters a self-deprecating statement such as, " I feel like such an *ss."
Put like that I don't think I would understand it either... I guess it is the greater context of us having been asked not to do this. Also... I think it was blocks like that that got to Dr Bob making the civility checker so that wouldn't happen anymore...
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