Posted by SLS on April 9, 2008, at 21:11:07
In reply to Juvenile, posted by AbbieNormal on April 9, 2008, at 19:37:53
> It would be really swell if people would not call others here juvenile for expressing their feelings.
It is not the feelings that I have a problem with. Those are issues to be attended to by the individual. It is the behavior that I have a problem with. I called no one here juvenile. I called no one's feelings here juvenile. It is what people do to each other that is most visible.
> Feelings are REALLY important.
So is civility. How much incivility are we to accept as being appropriate to be posted?
I think that using certain profanities, with or without asterisks - especially when directed towards an individual - is inappropriate and should be commented on. Uh, oh. My claiming that someone's actions are inappropriate is itself inappropriate because I can certainly be inferring that the person is inappropriate. How far are we to reach? Who are we to judge anyone else's behavior. We must find murder to be appropriate because to say anything else would be inappropriate and deserving of a moderator's sanction. This should be particulary true if the murderer's past was one of verbal abuse by a juvenile school janitor. The janitor was legitimately juvenile as he was only 12 years old. It matters so much how the murderer feels, such that we must consent to his homocidal behavior without calling it such. You know, allowing murderers their behaviors because of the conflicting feelings that were present should then be recognized as being civil. I'm just being silly and juvenile, of course, but perhaps there is something to be gained from seeing the logic I employed here. It was quite illogical. Psycho-Babble should allow all members their personal feelings, but what about their behaviors?
Hmm. It must be difficult for the moderators to navigate that mess.
It's a real mess.
Dr. Bob's implementation of civility is the worst - except for all the others - just like democracy, which, I might add, Psycho-Babble is not.
So what was my point?
I forgot.
Oh yes. I was trying to defend my use of the word "juvenile" as it appears in context. I don't have so much of an emotional attachment to my use of this word as a curiosity to see how it will be judged by the moderators. I would like a bit of guidance here. A PBC should do just fine.
- Scott
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