Posted by gardenergirl on July 18, 2008, at 13:27:25
In reply to Re: Is Babble Dying? Definately » gardenergirl, posted by Dinah on July 18, 2008, at 12:19:27
> You are, of course, correct. You have the same training we do in knowing the rules and precedent on application. We don't, and can't, and in my opinion shouldn't, base our actions on anything but the rules and our knowledge of Dr. Bob's precedents, and what we think he would have us do.
I agree. But of course there's also how comfortable our bras feel at a particular moment, whether or not we are PMSing or in some other way impaired due to hormones or gender or emotional state or whatever, whether or not we've had or will have ice cream that day, the weather, the tides, the planetary alignments, chakras, electromagnetic interference, how fast the internet connection is, and all of those other "influences" on deputy behavior. Can't discount those, eh? ;)
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> But I'm sure you're also aware that the best way to find yourself with a change in where the line is drawn, is to admit to skipping along it.Sad but true. Though I'm not aware of what behavior of yours may have generated a new rule. :)
> If Dr. Bob should institute a new Please Don't Skip rule, I hope you find it as amusing as I did when he put a new rule in effect that just happened to address behavior I was aware of exhibiting.
I think I'd snort and giggle if I saw that in a subject line. And given my near catastrophic klutziness lately, it's probably not a bad suggestion. ;) Though I think it might be quite a leap from decoding semantic meaning to deciding one's mental image/symbolic livliness of posting with awarenes of and avoidance of that line. And how could one know if it's simply out of enjoyment of utilizing a skill or strength one has or if there is somehow some ill will involved? Or some other internal dynamic? How could he really know if one were doing the ol' "I'm not touching you" torture, which is another state of intent/activity/mindset or whatever that one might have when posting just within the lines? Or if one merely feels like skipping along a line/wall just to test and/or celebrate to themselves their agility in a particular area? I don't know that he can. It would always be an inference of intent/state. Not objective. No way to be consistent or use precedents that I can imagine. Though I'm not as "creative" about making rules for judging that stuff.
Anywhoo, I think I get what you mean and where it came from. :) And I'm babbling now.
gg
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