George Herbert wrote: <snip> > > It's not so much that it's impossible to do and make stick, as doing > it and making it stick requires the right people, timing, attention, > and focus, and those are all in perpetual short supply. > > Well, of course I respect your hands-on experience. I was coming at the civility issue from the direction it arose (Arbcom) in what is now a rambling, vertiginous thread. I just want to add my theoretical analysis: a recent academic study has spoken in terms of our arbitration process as conditioned by an idea of "weeding in" (rather than "weeding out" of troublesome individuals). This says something about the traditional approach of drawing boundaries and making it clear what crosses them. My view is that this concept has been tried on civility and (despite what is a goodish record with other issues) has not shown itself as well adapted as for other vexing matters.
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