Posted by Dr. Bob on January 10, 2013, at 3:22:55
In reply to Re: Bully. » Phillipa, posted by Emme_V2 on January 9, 2013, at 23:39:31
> How did you come to find out of Maxime's Untimely death?
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> PhillipaA Babbler forwarded me a link to her obituary.
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> What you have posted to Phillipa is known in the world of psychology as a self-rightious discharge of aggression toward her.
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> Lou> Where does the Society of Hypocrisy hold its meetings? I'm sure you know as you are the president.
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> 10derheart> Lord, the entitlement!
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> gg> Bully.
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> SLSPlease don't post anything that could lead others to feel accused or put down. Two wrongs don't make a right.
> Dont you think enough is enough?
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> Emme_V2I do!
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> It might be a good thing to be intolerant and unkind when conditions exist that you feel strongly about and would like to see changed. If never an unkind word were said, society wouldn't work.
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> - ScottI do think that's sometimes why posters feel being uncivil is justified.
> I posted here as {in loco moderatori} which is allowed here under the rules. Mr Hsiung has a procedure to follow as per the notification procedure. But there are years of outstanding notifications from me to Mr Hsiung. So I became in loco moderatori
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> LouWhere does it say that's allowed? My not responding to a poster's notification doesn't make them a deputy.
> when there are no rules and no moderation....I joined the wild, wild, west, too :-(
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> 10derheart> I feel that a delete/edit post option would be a good way for the community to self-steer the direction of any thread and keep it from going in the wrong direction since there is such a lack of timely moderation. For a moderated discussion forum, I would give this board a D- and can see how one would not stay here long. It seems to me this is another component of study on this board in that as in life, you can't take back words... but one can apologize.
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> corkskru> Apologies were invented for a reason, but just don't overuse them.
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> SLSIf timely moderation by me is what someone's looking for, you're right, this might not be the forum for them. Thanks for not giving me an F.
We've discussed a limited delete/edit option, and I'd still like to implement that someday. In the meantime, apologies are a great alternative, and have the advantage of being applicable in "real" life.
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> In all fairness, I feel the emotional level created by the sudden news of Maxime's passing last year has caused us to react/respond in ways we wouldn't normally.
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> corkskruLearning about Maxime certainly didn't help, that's a good point.
Bob
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