Re: Bed bugs closing Restaurant Row 9 theaters?
I wasn't going to reply to anything that was said in response to my last post, but I think you make a good point that is actually worth discussing.
Locking a thread is a suppression of opinion. But so is a discussion marred by personal attacks and posturing. I don't know about anyone else, but I know that a harsh tone and heated rhetoric carried on by 2 or more people can easily discourage others who want to express their opinion, but are reluctant to do so because of the battle royal that is raging. This was probably true in this particular thread,... and I definitely know it is true in past threads where I and others have been guilty of letting disagreements get out of hand. Messages from people that I respect have been sent to me expressing that POV, for which I have come to regret.
Hence, my belief that at the very least, a warning could have been given to all parties to express their opinions, but do so without the ad hominem attacks.
Originally posted by Leo Lakio
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Locking a thread is a suppression of opinion. But so is a discussion marred by personal attacks and posturing. I don't know about anyone else, but I know that a harsh tone and heated rhetoric carried on by 2 or more people can easily discourage others who want to express their opinion, but are reluctant to do so because of the battle royal that is raging. This was probably true in this particular thread,... and I definitely know it is true in past threads where I and others have been guilty of letting disagreements get out of hand. Messages from people that I respect have been sent to me expressing that POV, for which I have come to regret.
Hence, my belief that at the very least, a warning could have been given to all parties to express their opinions, but do so without the ad hominem attacks.
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