Re: Civility towards others on this site

On Apr 19, 9:53 am, "John H Meyers" <jhmey...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
That seems to me to be way overextending a "slippery slope" notion,
to such extent that any behavioral conventions and rules
are totally rejected (how many apply that to their own children,
and to letting any local gangs or drug dealers just have their sway?)

A collection of harmonious people doesn't have so much trouble
with this, even naturally settling into mutually respected norms,
but when there is so much disharmony, no amount of rules or force
can stifle the built-up pressures; the qualities of inner lives
determine the overall tone of the society in some inevitable pattern,
sort of like a "thermodynamics of human consciousness."

Arms debates, ranging from personal to international,
also fall into this same framework, but the local collisions
of one randomly moving molecule with another
are usually what dominate the discussion,
rather than the most comprehensive collective perspective,
to see the pattern of the whole,
and how to influence it towards the greatest harmony for all.

Thank you for your kind remarks, and best wishes.

Well. This is great. A group dedicated to the nerdish pursuit of
excellence in Hp48/9/50/x programs has a debate about social values.
The "this is great" comment is not intended as sarcasm. Being an
idealist, I avoid sarcasm as much as I can, albeit without 100%
success
Taking Beauzeau's comments at face value:
This group applies no censorship. If content offends you:
If you are a member in good standing*, either flame the offending
poster, or ignore it. Think cocktail party -- just move on to the next
question.
If you are a minor* member, keep quiet, for your own good, or else:
If you are a minor* member and can't keep quiet, post only closely
reasoned, objective, attractive discourse. If you cannot do this, your
posts will be as a stone dropped into a well: there is a splash, and
ripples, but no lasting effect.

*good standing: have posted information that the readers find useful.
This is a very broad but not all-inclusive category. A single ill-
reasoned flame can cancel the effect of numerous good posts.

*minor: list reader, no enough technical savvy to provide solutions,
but have posted interesting questions. This includes naive but
unassuming posts. "I can't figure out this RPN stuff -- HELP" will get
some useful info. "This F**ing HP-50 is useless and I hate it' will
not.

Note: the author is in the "minor" category. Caveat lector.
--Irl

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