Posted by zeugma on December 22, 2005, at 20:06:04
In reply to Re: a link that goes somewhere else, posted by alexandra_k on December 22, 2005, at 13:04:49
> that being said i've probably posted links to things that are uncivil.
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> and from the link there is a link and from that link there is a link...
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> and i'm sure that even if the original link was civil there is bound to be incivility lurking...well, i think that if someone is determined to follow link after link in search of incivility, then one deserves what one gets... i mean, hope he or she had a good time hunting down an incivility, but don't blame the poster of the original link. OTOH, an obviously uncivil link doesn't require as diligent a hunt, and the poster of the link is responsible for its content- those looking for links n times removed to more outrageous material are doing it on their own time, to please themselves.
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> i think...
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> that if babblemails are supposed to be civil (in the sense that people could lose their babblemail priveledges for uncivil babblemails) then if blogging becomes a feature of this site then blogs should have to be civil too.
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> at least...
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> that would be my preference...then i think that blogging shouldn't be a part of this site (but links should). because it may be challenging, and nerve-wracking at times, to remain civil at this site, but it's not a blog where one presumably expresses oneself in accordance with one's own standards. my words are warped to some extent by the need to conform to civility standards (not using 'warped' pejoratively, but literally, in the sense that my words are subjected to dr.bob's rules [and naturally enough, since this this is his site]). this would not occur on a blog, for better or worse. and if i were uncivil, would i be banned from my own blog? sounds absurd.
poster:zeugma
thread:591111
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/admin/20051205/msgs/591376.html