Posted by Dr. Bob on March 29, 2011, at 21:00:39
In reply to Re: No-one has mentioned....., posted by Twinleaf on March 27, 2011, at 11:01:28
> definitely no criticism of Racer meant.
> I can see that I chose my words poorly, initially.
Thanks.
> I said that I felt that "overly frequent" pcbs and "excessive" blocking had been harmful to Babble.
And you just said it again.
Please don't post anything that could lead others (including me or other deputies) to feel accused.
But please don't take this personally, either, this doesn't mean I don't like you or think you're a bad person, and I'm sorry if this hurts you.
I do hope that you choose to remain a member of this community and that members of this community help you, if needed, to avoid future blocks. If you want to be proactive, you could ask another poster to be your civility buddy:
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/faq.html#buddies
deneb, Dinah, sigismund, and hyperfocus, thanks for trying to help this time.
More information about posting policies and tips on alternative ways to express yourself, including a link to a nice post by Dinah on I-statements, are in the FAQ:
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/faq.html#civil
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/faq.html#enforceFollow-ups regarding these issues, as well as replies to the above posts, should of course themselves be civil. Thanks.
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> I so much appreciate your understanding and support, but these are precious resources of yours which should begin going to other things.
> I do keep tending to fight the same battle over and over again. One of the things which motivates me to do that is that the civility rules sometimes seem to make critical thinking and problem-solving into punishable offenses, and I'm determined that they won't stop me from speaking out.
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> TwinleafA number of us have devoted precious resources to trying to help you avoid being blocked again. Unfortunately, we failed.
It's critical posts, not critical thinking, that's the "punishable offense" -- and is leading you to be stopped from speaking. Can you solve the problem of how to speak out in a way I'll consider civil?
> I suppose Bob is here. Then I would say 'Your policies must have been designed to head of future conflict. Can you not see how sometimes they have made things worse?'.
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> sigismundEnforcing them does lead to conflict. But not enforcing them also leads to conflict.
Bob
PS: This block is the result of one action, but its length is the result of a pattern of actions. The block length formula:
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/faq.html#enforce
takes into account how long the previous block was, how long it's been since the previous block, and how uncivil the current post is:
duration of previous block: 37 weeks
period of time since previous block: 30 weeks
severity: 2 (default)
block length = 31.59 rounded = 32 weeksa brilliant and reticent Web mastermind -- The New York Times
backpedals well -- PartlyCloudy
poster:Dr. Bob
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