Posted by Dinah on February 20, 2012, at 8:48:07
In reply to Re: Solstice's thread, posted by Solstice on February 19, 2012, at 18:13:49
You have my full support.
I worry, though, that what happened on the other thread (and countless times previously) that Dr. Bob's actions will be against the poster pointing out the problem. I feel very angry when that happens. In my opinion, you've tried to be clear that you aren't rejecting Lou, but are complaining about a behavior.
In the interests of keeping the focus where it should be, in terms of a posting behavior that many on board would like to see addressed, might I suggest that the posting behavior be addressed in terms that aren't exclusive to Lou? After all, it's not at all unlikely that another poster might come along and post on threads with anti-medication rhetoric. Dr. Bob has already made a rule about linking medications with Nazis or the Holocaust or the death of millions of Jews. I think it would be easy enough to come up with a way to state that anti-medication messages would not be helpful on a particular thread.
The Please Be Sensitive rule would easily fit that circumstance. In fact, I'm surprised it already has not been invoked on that thread. You have stated that you would not find anti-medication posts helpful, and requested that they not be posted on this thread where you're asking for help of a certain sort. (That could be fine tuned a bit.) And someone has chosen to ignore your request.
It seems on the face of it pretty straightforward. In the interests of clarity to Dr. Bob, it might be best to make the request without naming particular posters or being overly specific.
I suspect that the generalization rule might also be applied, but that rule has been applied less predictably in the past, and is open more to interpretation by Dr. Bob.
I hope this is understood in the spirit it was intended. I fully share your concerns, and the concerns of others as they have recently expressed them. I know how Dr. Bob likes rules, and I see a way an existing rule can be utilized without risk to the requesting poster.
I will totally support anyone trying to see this existing rule properly enforced and do what I can to further those efforts.
poster:Dinah
thread:1010543
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/admin/20110117/msgs/1010954.html