Posted by cloudydaze on July 28, 2006, at 16:33:51
In reply to Re: finally... » laima, posted by Tabitha on July 28, 2006, at 11:38:04
> The guidelines were chosen so that when posts are civil, people are less likely to be offended, but 'offending someone' isn't the criteria for a post being civil. A civil post may offend someone, and an uncivil post may not offend anyone. The amount or degree of people offended is not supposed to be the deciding factor determining whether a post is uncivil.
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> I would be very hesitant to participate if 'offending anyone' was a blockable offense, because of course you can't control or predict others' reactions.
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> Personally I find the definition of 'civil' to be fairly clear and fairly predictable. And I also think learning to speak in a civil way is a valuable skill to have in general, so it doesn't irk me so much to be constrained by the rules here.
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In the paragraphs about civility is states "Please don't post anything that could lead others to feel accused or put down...or language that offends others."It seems offense IS a big part of it. So really, this is part of the never-ending discussion of "what is offensive". I believe its kind of like the question "what is beautiful?" It's not a question I believe can be answered.
Another definition of uncivil (from the same link as Dr. Bob's definition) is "lacking in courtesy".
It seems that laima is much better at expressing things than I am :)
Maybe I should stick to poetry?
I agree with everything laima has said.
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