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. Adam is a good and well-respected editor, and I did not think that he would be blocked. I merely want to be able to explore opposing views without being subjected to personal attacks which are upsetting and distracting. I guess I want him to be aware of the community view on such things, as my own requests for him to moderate his behaviour seem only to enrage him further.
I find that Adam was unblocked a few minutes later, and I support this, though I also note that blocks on Adam don't seem to last long in any case.