Skyring said:
On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 17:22:08 -0000 (GMT), Tony Sidaway minorityreport@bluebottle.com wrote:
Tom Haws said:
Tony Sidaway wrote:
Some people have lower boiling points than others and can easily be provoked.
This is not to my knowledge a terminal condition or a good excuse. We can all learn to boil slowly and gently. The message of the policy is clear. "Take responsibility for your own temper."
Absolutely. I completely agree with this.
However I was pointing out that an undesired side-effect of enforcing "no personal attacks" with blocking could be, paradoxically, to give some people an incentive to provoke _more_ personal attacks.
You are completely correct, but may I state (again) that this was not my intention.
Absolutely. I want to dissociate myself from any implication that I could be commenting on a concrete instance. I'm just talking about the social dynamics that I think should be taken into consideration in any proposal to enforce "No personal attacks" by blocking.