Let God decide. If a poster is struck down by lightening for saying something, then we know its against the laws of nature. We then make it an informal rule not to do that -- to protect innocent posters from being struck down by the wrath of the Lord. Or, for obnoxious posters, we lure him/her into doing that act -- so God will off them.
I do however support, in the guidelines, a ban on profanities hurled against someone. But not used for emphasis -- ocassionally. Thus "You F*ckhead!" would be against the guidelines. "Thats f*cking awsome" -- used occasionally, would be OK. However, the guidelines already cover this in a general way -- and they are almost universally ignored and not enforced. So what good are rules -- we have some good ones on the books, if they are not enforced? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Duveyoung > Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 11:16 PM > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Civil Speech and Behavior > > > > I'm all for rules!!!! > > Put yourself in my shoes. How would you enforce civility without becoming a > dictator and without even having the time to read all the posts here? > Everyone feels that their perspective is more or less right, and I�m no > exception. And maybe it is, but it�s only a slice of the pie of all > possibilities. Would you feel objective and righteous enough to pass > judgment on all the posters here? Could you be sure your own biases and > moods weren�t coloring your judgment? Simple rules are easy to enforce, such > as �here�s a list of insulting words you can�t use in addressing one > another,� but when we get into having to judge whether people are coarsening > the atmosphere by being insufficiently polite and respectful, it becomes > impossible to manage. > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.8/993 - Release Date: 9/6/2007 > 3:18 PM >
