Hi Janice,
You were commenting on these three suggestions someone made, and you took issue with them. I would too. They are:
<1) Create the opportunity to ignore certain posters, like Raging Bull
has.
2) Create the ability to have a PM distribution list
3) Have ability to vote a certain poster off of a thread. Majority
rules.>
#1....I see this as a type of moral laziness, an unwillingness to take responsibility. This would take away from me the process for personal growth. Only through experience, through meeting the unpleasant or challenging head on can I learn not only tolerance for differences, but also develop the ability to critically examine and then, if I choose, to ignore what I have encountered.
From Herbert Spencer: "There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man or woman in everlasting ignorance- that principle is contempt prior to investigation"
I would be afraid of the day when the practical means for such contempt can be officially supported and provided for in my daily life- here on SI or anyplace else.
#2....Would this be like our cc ability in e-mail? If so, sounds good to me.
#3...This one really scares me. From my own personal experience, I know there are many people who would vote me right out of existence, both figuratively and literally, if they could safely do so, simply because they do not like me because I am different than they are.
Best,
Charliss (DGIV investor, advocate in bunny slippers, who will always seek out and support those things for others which she values for herself) |
