Posted by SLS on January 12, 2011, at 5:12:28
In reply to Re: I'm sorry Phillipa if you are feeling put down or » SLS, posted by sigismund on January 11, 2011, at 23:12:12
> There will always be fractious individuals and they will come into conflict with other individuals.
Yes.
> It is those fractious individuals who are some of the most remarkable people I have met here.
Me too. Where are they now?
> They are not easy people and they may not get on with others harmoniously. But any system should find a way to so something better than to just get rid of them and/or discourage them.
That's a tough one.
I don't know how to measure incivility, but I know it when I see it...
> So what do you do?
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> Bob says (and I think he really means) that he does not block people for life,Although there may be an ulterior investigative motive rather than pure altruism going on here, I guess the result is the same.
> I don't know. If you knew the answer to this you would know how to make groups work better.
At this point, it seems easier for me to point out difficulties rather than resolve them. I consider this to be a demonstration of the conundrum of the operation of this place.
> There has to be a better model than the US penal system.
Or perhaps we can conceive of a better judicial institution.
- Scott
Some see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.
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