Posted by Lou Pilder on December 20, 2004, at 23:38:48
In reply to Re: Lou's request to Dr. Hsiung and Dinah-~suprt?, posted by malthus on December 20, 2004, at 22:45:01
The question is ,[...what is grossly offensive...]?
There is a test in communities to see if something is or is not and the test is variable as to the local. I have not seen the question here to have been been defined as to what the test is {in this community} to make that determination. Then does the post have to be grossly offensive to many or just one poster?
The aspects of the post in question are more than one aspect because of the opening telling me not to read it because I will feel put down etc....I feel very sad when I read that and would like not to have to see my name in such a statement and feel more comfortable here if the post was removed.
I feel that that is one aspect of a test for gross offensivness, but others,may not see it that way.
Another aspect is the statement that Jesus is the God of this earth. The guidlines for the faith board mention that statements like that could be felt to mean by others that their God , that is not Jesus, is not the God of this earth and hence could feel put down. And for the forum to allow a statement that says that one God is the God of this earth could mean that the forum endorses that and then could have the potential to mean that all the other Gods are less than Jesus, in this case, and others could feel demeaned. I feel very sad when I read the statement in question because I was told ahead of time not to read it. I would feel safer here if that post was taken off the board so that others could not have the potential to do the same.
Is the post in question grosssy offensive? It depends. It depends on a standard to be set so that a statement can be measured by that standard.
Lou
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