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Personal attack or not??

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  • 16-01-2009 2:13pm
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    slapbangwhallop
    Closed Accounts Posts: 96 ✭✭


    Looking for some clarifcation guy - the Sligo/NW forum charter states - "attack the post not the poster"

    So are either or both of these a personal attack

    "You are an idiot"

    "Your posts are becoming idiotic"

    thank you.


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    Beruthiel
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 42,362 Mod ✭✭✭✭Beruthiel


    slapbangwhallop wrote: »
    "You are an idiot"

    That is personal abuse.
    "Your posts are becoming idiotic"

    Also insulting.
    That is a comment someone would use when they don't know how to articulate themselves properly.


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    slapbangwhallop
    Closed Accounts Posts: 96 ✭✭slapbangwhallop


    Beruthiel wrote: »
    That is personal abuse.



    Also insulting.
    That is a comment someone would use when they don't know how to articulate themselves properly.

    How about " "the contents of your posts become more idiotic by the day""


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    Beruthiel
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 42,362 Mod ✭✭✭✭Beruthiel


    What is this about slapbangwhallop?


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    slapbangwhallop
    Closed Accounts Posts: 96 ✭✭slapbangwhallop


    Beruthiel wrote: »
    What is this about slapbangwhallop?

    I was coming to that but wanted peoples opinions before I got into the mucky "he said, she said" detail and the inevitable knock back.

    But since you ask, I was just trying to find the line about what is attacking a post and what is personal abuse.

    I got an infraction and week ban for that latter statement.

    No fair in my opinion and I had thought I following the "attack the post not the poster" adage.


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    sceptre
    Registered Users Posts: 19,608 ✭✭✭✭sceptre


    slapbangwhallop wrote: »
    No fair in my opinion and I had thought I following the "attack the post not the poster" adage.
    "Attack the post" is a simplistic phrase that sometimes gets misinterpreted. You can discuss a post or even belittle the idea contained in a post (if that's your bag) without actually attacking the post. Or the poster.

    A statement like "the contents of your posts become more idiotic by the day" is just as much an attack on the maker of the posts as it is the posts. I suggest making your case against whatever you're arguing against in a different way. With a simple semantic change, it can truly be a listing of the ideas which are getting worse and worse (which is what you presumably wanted to do) rather than a user-attack.

    I'd have given an infraction at the very least for any of the statements you've listed. The one possible exception might be where the statement was part of a much larger post that actually discussed the previous posts but that's something I'd judge by context and only in a forum where I was making the decison.


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