Posted by Lou Pilder on September 26, 2004, at 12:58:45
In reply to Lou's reply to SLS-pq » SLS, posted by Lou Pilder on September 26, 2004, at 12:47:36
SLS,
You brought up the topic of requests for clarification. This was discussed in the past and there is a policy on it in the FAQ.
There are the following points in the policy:
A. A poster can post,[..Do Not Post To Me...]and if they do post to them after that has been posted, then that is uncivil according to this code here.
But there is another part of that policy that states that if the poster responds back to you, even after the [..Do Not Post To Me...] is posted to you, that the you can post back to that person because they lift the restriction by making some other post to you. They do not have to say that the restriction is lifted, for just responding back in any way to the poster automatically lifts the restriction.
This is also a part of formal debate. It is called [..opening the door...]. When one responds back, they open the door for the other to reply. And in civil discussion, when one opens the door, they invite the other to reply to them.
Lou
poster:Lou Pilder
thread:393500
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