RE: Civility subsection suggestion
May 2, 2018 at 12:46 pm
(This post was last modified: May 2, 2018 at 12:48 pm by Catholic_Lady.)
(May 2, 2018 at 12:09 pm)LastPoet Wrote:(May 2, 2018 at 9:44 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: To clarify, my suggestion isn't to make a section where nothing can be offenssive lol. It would be a civility section, not a "you can't say that because it is offenssive" section.
That is where the cookie crumbles. If you can objectively define what would be a civil duscussion, should be easy for us. However, I figure this is something hard.
Well, you came up with the idea, can you give us what would be a clear cut way of sorting the wheat from the shaff?
You can't because every person has own ideas of what would be civil. It can be easily abused.
I don't think "how to be civil" needs to be explained, to be honest. But Vulcan gave a great example a few posts ago of what would allowed vs disallowed. Let me go find it.
Here:
Quote:"I think homosexuals are choosing to be homosexuals and I think those who support homosexuals are ruining this county." Would have to be allowable in any part of the forums as far as I'm concerned... as well as a possible response to it: "I think that is a bigoted position that is born from ignorance." Both of these must be allowed anywhere on the forum. "Fuck you, you homophobic dickwad," would be an example of something disallowed in the civility section, as well as any slurs or inflammatory remarks from the theists about homosexuals.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh