Posted by SLS on July 12, 2009, at 11:53:04
In reply to Lou's response to Scott's post-arthafrnkln » SLS, posted by Lou Pilder on July 12, 2009, at 10:27:37
> > Where did it go?
> >
> > To me, it seems that Dr. Hsiung is too often granted less respect than we would demand for ourselves. I don't place him on a pedestal, but neither do I try to bury him under a mountain of incivility. Sometimes, it seems to me that there are episodes of a mob mentality targeting the doctor. He might not deserve praise for all of his actions, but neither do I for mine. Still, I would not demonstrate the patience that the doctor has if I had to be continually addressed with disrespectful tones.> You wrote,[...disrespectfull tones...]
> I am unsure as to what you are wanting to include or not include by that. If you could post answrs to the following, then I could have the opportunity to respond accordingly.
I don't understand why you could not have offered a response without my answering your questions first.
> A. What constitutes in your thinking disrespectfull tones?Devaluation.
> B. Is there a list of mermbers that you could make that are in the set of members that have posted in what you could describe as a disrespectful tone, if you could describe such here?
I could make a list of posts that were made over these last few days that I consider disrespectful to Dr. Hsiung. However, I believe that doing such a thing is uncivil and provokative. I am not so interested in affixing labels to people, though. Uncivil posts can be made by very civil people. People are NOT their behaviors. However, their behaviors do have consequences.
> C. If so, how could a member here obtain that list?
There is none to obtain. Everyone here has value, including Dr. Hsiung. A good starting place for defining a respectful tone might be to consider speaking to others in a way that you would have others speak to you.
Here is a direct question to you that I would like to have answered since I took the time to respond to yours:
What constitutes in your thinking disrespectful tones?
- Scott
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