Posted by agent858 on June 4, 2006, at 23:11:32
In reply to Well.....babblers......, posted by muffled on June 4, 2006, at 22:54:08
Deep breaths people…
I did feel hurt in response to what Nikki wrote. Mostly because that was the main message my mother used to tell me when I was a kid. But then I guess Nikki doesn’t read my writing posts (and I didn’t read her health post) so she wasn’t to know that. And I wasn’t to know about her pain.I’ve sent her an apology for what I said. I shouldn’t have done that. Should have known better. I know now that she didn’t mean to hurt me and I over-reacted.
Please don’t turn on each other. Please. If that happens it will result in a lot of hurting people. Then people will beg for Bob to come back and hand out blocks in the name of consistency or fairness or somesuch. And then people will be so pleased at his return they will be all nice and supportive of his preserving the status quo.
An important point: I AM NOT ADVOCATING HE GO THROUGH THE ARCHIVES / CURRENT BOARDS HANDING OUT MORE BLOCKS IN THE NAME OF FAIRNESS.
That is an important point.
He is idiosyncratic. Some of his decisions are unfair. Some people not even being warned while another person is blocked for one year FOR EXACTLY THE SAME THING. That is not fair. A certain degree of unfairness is inherent because he is not perfect he is a human being.
My bone of contention is that GIVEN THAT A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF UNFAIRNESS IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE PRESENT MEASURES NEED TO BE TAKEN TO REDUCE THE DETRIMENTAL CONSEQUENCES OF THAT. What does that mean? That means reduced sentences for blockings ESPECIALLY when there are infractions OF THE SAME KIND that have gone unremarked. If we see something we want to make sure he sees, then we can email him a link or post something to admin. If nobody notices when x says ‘sh*t’ while y gets blocked for saying ‘sh*t’ then IMO the appropriate response is ‘sorry that there was an unfairness here’ and the block should max at one or two weeks. It is still an unfairness. It is still an injustice. But it is about minimising the negative impact of the injustice.
But Bob doesn’t do that. His attitude is ‘tough’ and if anything Babblers start to say that other people should be blocked to remedy the injustice. But we don’t want this to become a police state – do we?
Please don’t turn on each other. I didn’t mean for that to happen. Please don’t do it. If you do… Bob will say it is inevitable and this only happened because he was busy or something… And because more people should have been blocked already.
IMO save the blockings for people who deserve them. Save them for the people who come to flame and troll.
Most babblers don’t do that. If it is pointed out to them that they hurt someone most babblers are willing to talk it through. End the police state. Be kind to each other. Good luck.
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