Posted by Dr. Bob on August 31, 2004, at 13:20:50
In reply to dr. bob:), posted by alesta on August 31, 2004, at 12:55:13
> some might read a bit of sarcasm into chemist's post, but that would be subjective.
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> AuntieMel> Isn't it ... likely that he was doing his best to be civil under trying circumstances with no administrative assistance, and the awkwardness of trying to stick to the precise rules of the civility guidelines merely came across as sarcasm to you?
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> Dinah> chemist *is* the only one of the three that said he would abide when you said to be civil. :):):) and he did
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> alesta1. There were other comments later, including ones on this board.
2. A *lot* of this is subjective.
3. I didn't mean to imply he wasn't doing his best. I'm glad he's getting a lot of support, and I'm sorry I wasn't around.
4. What happened was unfortunate, but if possible, I'd like to try to focus on getting back on track and moving forward again.
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> A new person that didn't know about the automatic doubling of punishment might come to the conclusion that what chemist did was 4 times more heinous than the others' actions.
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> AuntieMelThat's true, maybe it would've been better also to have included a link to that section of the FAQ:
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/faq.html#enforce
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> i wanted the effort i put into this thread to have a positive result for the future, not this...all i ever want to do is help people, and now, i fear, people are going to direct some of their anger at me for chemist being blocked... this hurts me more than it does anyone else...please don't punish me...
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> alestaThere may be positive results in the end. Including possibly less anger directed at others? I'm sorry you feel hurt, but I'm certainly not trying to punish you.
Bob
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