Posted by madwand on November 18, 2003, at 14:34:38
In reply to I feel bad for Destroyo's block...:(, posted by jay on November 17, 2003, at 19:11:20
I concur with the evolving sentiment. Whatever happened to the "major" vs. "minor" offenses notion?
I followed a pointer in the discussion about that some weeks ago to "check the FAQ", but it did not seem to be documented there.
Also, somehow I had always interpreted the line about "don't joke about death or suicide" to mean "don't jokingly suggest you are going to die, or that someone else has died, or that you or someone has or will commit suicide".
Might I humbly suggest that joking about death can be a good thing, as it gives us a sense of distance from it ("pulls its fangs") so to speak.
Of course, joking about it in the way I first interpreted that clause (see above), I can see as being probably hurtful and should indeed be disallowed.MJP
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