Policy on Grievances With Others

Policy on Grievances with Others


mikelepore
Site Admin


Joined: 17 Sep 2004
Posts: 395

Posted: 13 Feb 2005 07:34 pm Post subject: Policy on
Grievances with Others




I'm not prepared to propose the exact wording, but I feel that we
will need to adopt a policy that expresses this basic idea:

Public facilities of the IDF, including web sites, internet forums
and literature, are not intended for any affiliated individuals or
organization to air their grievances with other socialist
individuals or organizations. All comparisons among ourselves need
to be worded positively and constructively; for example, it is
acceptable to say, "We recommend what we consider to be a more
modern interpretation of the socialist goal, program or activity,"
but it is not acceptable to say, "Others in this movement exhibit
fanaticism and dogmatism." Personal grievances and complaints
should be taken offline to private email. If parties to a dispute
request a separate and private internet forum for the purpose of
addressing grievances, the IDF committee on computer services will
provide them with one.




PowerKord



Joined: 13 Jan 2005
Posts: 31
Location: East Coast, U.S.A.
Posted: 15 Apr 2005 09:50 pm Post subject: Liberality in
Moderation Practice




Dear Mike,

I applaud, of course, your efforts to keep the DeLeonism.org Forum
serious in tone and tenor. Yet that goal must be balanced with the
desire to maintain a rich, vibrant, challenging, and inclusive
center for air and exchange of ideas.

Thus, I urge you to wield your moderator's scissor quite
sparingly. For example, I think the sub-forum that advocated my
ejection from the larger Forum (the "island") should not have been
deleted. If you can put it back, I urge you to do so.

Wrong opinions have their utility. They serve to amplify or
illustrate the correctness of right opinions. And they provide the
opportunity for people to work through various states-of-mind, by
following the thread arguments of others embodying such states, as
they and other posters work dialectically through them, to a
conclusion.

Regards,

vince de benedeto

PS. I have duplicated this short post in the "Help & Policies"
folder in the main Forum index, as strictly speaking it probably
belongs there. However, I also placed it here to better guarantee
it would be seen by others.

PEOPLE FOR A COOPERATIVE SOCIETY
www.Cooperative-Society.org




mikelepore
Site Admin


Joined: 17 Sep 2004
Posts: 395

Posted: 15 Apr 2005 10:18 pm Post subject:




Hi, Vince ... Once I delete something I can't put it back into the
forum database. However, I have that exchange in a flat text file.
If you want it, so you can store such material on one of your own
domains, then tell me to email it to you.

One of the popular conceptions of socialists is that they are
people who spend most of their time bringing each other up on
charges before grievance committees, expelling each other, and
preaching unification while continuously dividing like amoebas. I
don't want this site to promotes that conception. When newcomers
arrive with curiosity about what socialism means, and what
socialists are all about, I don't want this to be the first thing
that they see.




PowerKord



Joined: 13 Jan 2005
Posts: 31
Location: East Coast, U.S.A.
Posted: 16 Apr 2005 10:14 pm Post subject: Re Retaining
Insulting Posts




Mike,

A thoughtful and comprehensible response.

Regards,

vince

PEOPLE FOR A COOPERATIVE SOCIETY
www.Cooperative-Society.org




davesearles



Joined: 01 Feb 2005
Posts: 414
Location: Vermont
Posted: 17 Apr 2005 10:19 am Post subject:




I would like to know Mike. Is it permissible to reveal personal
information about another poster without that person's permission?

If I express something in the form of an opinion is it always
permissible, even if it is to reveal personal information about
someone without their consent?

Just wondering.

Dave