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A Mouse Goes over the Wall

Posted by verne on January 18, 2006, at 11:26:08

In reply to Re: Posting with love » Dinah, posted by Toph on January 18, 2006, at 10:16:57

I agree Toph, I'd be in a locked ward without windows if therapy worked the way this site does.

I can understand a short block, perhaps, a week. Anything longer goes way past anything like therapy, or even the smooth operation of the site. Simple removal of offending posts is another option.

So I come back to the idea that the purpose of this site seems to be punishment and how the "community" and individual respond.

Perhaps, someone thought, "Gee, what if we invent a game based on language with strict rules and penalities? And what if we attract a group, like the mentally ill, who have the most trouble with language?

And then let's see how they react to being expelled from the game for as long as a year. Let's not forgive them for past infractions, doubling and tripling subsequent blocks, and see how they cope with being "on probation".

It's a good game. Wittgenstein would probably be proud. But let's not mistake it for therapy.

Verne


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