RE: Civility subsection suggestion
May 3, 2018 at 10:26 am
(This post was last modified: May 3, 2018 at 10:27 am by Catholic_Lady.)
The reason I'm not putting much effort into my responses to you, Jo, is because I feel you are being disingenuous and obtuse on purpose.
"Christian" is, by definition, not a nasty word. Same as the word "chair" is not a nasty word. If people want to be offended by the word chair because it's nasty "to them", I would say that's their problem. With that being said, if someone finds a way to use those to words in a manner that is clearly meant to insult or provoke the other person, I would say that is breaking the spirit of the rule.
Same goes for if you tell someone "you sound like a dickwad", you are not "technically" calling them a dickwad. But if the rules of a forum are to be civil, not fling shit, not name call, and not cuss someones out, telling someone they "sound like a dickwad" and then saying "well, I said he's acting like a dickwad not that he is one!" ... that is still breaking the spirit of the rule and is thus still disallowed.
If a particular person has a hard time with this and intends on purposely pushing boundaries and skirting the rules, I would say that section is not for them. They can either not join, or they do join and promptly get kicked out when they can't manage to follow suit. No harm, no foul. The whole rest of the forum is still there and the same for them to use.
"Christian" is, by definition, not a nasty word. Same as the word "chair" is not a nasty word. If people want to be offended by the word chair because it's nasty "to them", I would say that's their problem. With that being said, if someone finds a way to use those to words in a manner that is clearly meant to insult or provoke the other person, I would say that is breaking the spirit of the rule.
Same goes for if you tell someone "you sound like a dickwad", you are not "technically" calling them a dickwad. But if the rules of a forum are to be civil, not fling shit, not name call, and not cuss someones out, telling someone they "sound like a dickwad" and then saying "well, I said he's acting like a dickwad not that he is one!" ... that is still breaking the spirit of the rule and is thus still disallowed.
If a particular person has a hard time with this and intends on purposely pushing boundaries and skirting the rules, I would say that section is not for them. They can either not join, or they do join and promptly get kicked out when they can't manage to follow suit. No harm, no foul. The whole rest of the forum is still there and the same for them to use.
"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
