Posted by Racer on April 4, 2006, at 20:55:21
In reply to Re: I disagree » Racer, posted by LegWarmers on April 4, 2006, at 20:15:23
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> I agree with most of it, but in this case, the circumstances were a little diffenret IMO. If someone posted that they new something about *you* how would you react, and then how would you react if the entire community continued to talk about you as this person continued with this idea that htey have info about you. Its just different then the few others situations Ive seen regarding blocks and provocation. It was too personal.
>First of all, I have experienced something a little similar on another site, where someone posted something about me that really felt like an invasion of privacy. I'm not unsympathetic to Matt's side of it.
And I thought about posting at the time that a lot of issues in that thread could be ignored for Matt's benefit. I'm rather sorry I didn't.
The bottom line, however, remains the same. Matt chose to post what he did. That post was beyond the bounds here. Matt was blocked.
Look at it this way: even if everyone else in a thread writes something uncivil, each of us has the choice of whether or not we do so as well. And we're all responsible for our own choices.
But, again, this was a very unfortunate incident. I agree that many people would find it quite provocative -- heck, I would have found it quite provoking, myself. I really do have sympathy for Matt. Nonetheless, he chose to write what he did.
Agree to disagree?
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