Re: ADMIN: Civility and content

Subject: Re: ADMIN: Civility and content
From: "Michael West" <mbwest -at- bigpond -dot- net -dot- au>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2003 08:49:59 +1000




Rose wrote
> You can't make people think about their posts.
> You can't make people do much at all.

David wrote:
> Or, to zero in more directly on the point,
> you can't make rude people see themselves
> as rude, because they always feel they're justified.

Doesn't this suggest that there needs to be a
list of specific, forbidden behaviors? As I
understand Eric's concerns, the object isn't
to change people, but to eliminate certain
kinds of posts.

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Mike West
Melbourne, Australia


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