Author: Pete R.
Date: 09:23:51 07/24/00
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On July 23, 2000 at 16:59:27, Ratko V Tomic wrote: >>> I suppose, the next step from >>> the hypersensitive self-esteem protectors here will be to >>> demand abandoning tournament score keeping for amateur >>> programs to protect the self-esteem of the programmers. Then >>> the love, harmony and happiness will reign on the CCC. >> >> I haven't seen any application of this. > >If one wanted to pursue such censorship, one would need >to prepare the grounds first -- by elevating the self-esteem (of >selected members) above the free expression of a judgment/view, >reasoning and the supporting facts, thus one would advocate >censoring posts which may undermine this selected self-esteem. >Once everyone gets used to these priorities, the do-gooding urge >which initiated them will not vanish but will inexorably keep >nudging toward their utopia: the state of maximized self-esteem >(deserved or otherwise) and minimized threat to it. You are missing the point entirely. If I jump in here and imply that you are an idiot, the reason to moderate is *not* that I may harm your self-esteem. Maybe you and I are both very thick-skinned, and can amuse ourselves by hurling insults at each other until we die of old age. But why should the board allow space for that garbage? If you and I enjoy spray painting walls, should the rest of the neighborhood have to look at our graffiti? Is that freedom of speech? I think not. The idea of moderation is to maintain a certain degree of civilized atmosphere for the general readership, not to protect anyone's self-esteem. If you prefer the equivalent of a graffiti-ridden cesspool where your neighbors blast music until 4 in the morning, and you find used condoms and needles on the street, that can be found elsewhere. It is up to each group of moderators to determine how "pleasant", or perhaps "sterile" in the case of extreme overmoderation, the neighborhood will be.
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