Posted by Jost on August 9, 2006, at 16:54:16
In reply to Re: objection rules » Estella, posted by Dinah on August 9, 2006, at 11:15:13
As I said somewhere, I don't understand the utility of this rule, except if Bob is overwhelmed with objections in his private email.
Even then, I can't say this strikes me as a fair idea.
I could understand limiting people's objections beyond a certain point--which I can't imagine is three per other poster per lifetime-- or if there seems to be some sort of personal issue, to asking people not to object for a while, and to give it more thought.
But three objections that Bob doesn't agree with per lifetime? That seems draconian.
Let's assume, for the sake of argument, that Bob doesn't agree, but is wrong.
Or let's say that the poster"s comments are close to the line, but Bob wants to be more rather than less accepting. Let's say that for some reason, Bob later realizes the person has been using the suppression of objections to be just-so close to the line, but not over. He begins to regret his leniency.
Yet for all this time, everyone who's objected more than three times has been estopped from asking about Bob's judgment.
This can impose costs on many people who might want to join in on threads where this poster is active, to interact with those other than the one poster.
I don't know. I could see limits-- but three? per lifetime per objected-to poster?
Jost
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