Posted by greywolf on May 1, 2006, at 14:37:58
In reply to uhhhh yikes i'm out of this.., posted by alesta on May 1, 2006, at 13:12:31
It would be difficult to defend verne's response to gg, but I can see how verne may have felt unfairly criticized. If someone's sensitive to receiving comments suggesting a lack of empathy when he thinks he's just trying to help, he'll likely react negatively to those comments.
With respect to this incident, the civility guidelines will likely give little credit to any rationalization in support of the reaction. Though verne's unhappiness with the interpretation of his (her?) initial post is understandable, the harshly judgmental response was hurtful toward others.
But this situation echoes a debate that occurred a couple weeks ago, and highlights again the question of whether a post that prompts an uncivil reply through its own phrasing issues violates the civility rule.
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