What are the limits of acceptable dialogue here? February 13, 2011 9:03 AM Subscribe
Stating that Mefites deserve to die: not OK, IMHO.
I think this comment is probably going to get deleted, so I wanted to ask about it on metatalk. I don't think saying other mefites deserve to die is acceptable behaviour, but I'm aware that that might differ from the opinions of others so I wanted to check out what people thought. I'm not sure exactly what the rules are on this in general. I'd like to say here that I think PG is an interesting guy, and I'd prefer that he be around. Metafilter is somewhere I love precisely because it's free, but I just want to know what the boundaries actually are.
PG: If you're reading this, an apology would be both welcome and accepted.
Exchange:
An even more relevant model would probably be a list of all revolutions, violent and non-violent and their total death tolls and likelihood that they immediately revert back to a dictatorship.
So in the end you're back to dictatorship but a lot of dictatorship supporters are dead? That's a net gain. Anything that results in people who think dictatorships are acceptable being killed is A-OK by me.
posted by Pope Guilty at 4:32 PM on February 13 [+] [!]
"Anything that results in people who think dictatorships are acceptable being killed is A-OK by me."
Destroy the village in order to save it, eh?
posted by jaduncan at 4:36 PM on February 13 [+] [!]
Destroy the village in order to save it, eh?
You are a Mubarak supporter and deserve nothing less.
(all pacifists are supporters of dictatorship)
posted by Pope Guilty at 4:39 PM on February 13 [+] [!]
I think this comment is probably going to get deleted, so I wanted to ask about it on metatalk. I don't think saying other mefites deserve to die is acceptable behaviour, but I'm aware that that might differ from the opinions of others so I wanted to check out what people thought. I'm not sure exactly what the rules are on this in general. I'd like to say here that I think PG is an interesting guy, and I'd prefer that he be around. Metafilter is somewhere I love precisely because it's free, but I just want to know what the boundaries actually are.
PG: If you're reading this, an apology would be both welcome and accepted.
Exchange:
An even more relevant model would probably be a list of all revolutions, violent and non-violent and their total death tolls and likelihood that they immediately revert back to a dictatorship.
So in the end you're back to dictatorship but a lot of dictatorship supporters are dead? That's a net gain. Anything that results in people who think dictatorships are acceptable being killed is A-OK by me.
posted by Pope Guilty at 4:32 PM on February 13 [+] [!]
"Anything that results in people who think dictatorships are acceptable being killed is A-OK by me."
Destroy the village in order to save it, eh?
posted by jaduncan at 4:36 PM on February 13 [+] [!]
Destroy the village in order to save it, eh?
You are a Mubarak supporter and deserve nothing less.
(all pacifists are supporters of dictatorship)
posted by Pope Guilty at 4:39 PM on February 13 [+] [!]
This is why we can't do each others taxes.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 9:05 AM on February 13, 2011 [11 favorites]
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 9:05 AM on February 13, 2011 [11 favorites]
Yeah, it wasn't when I started writing so feel free to delete this one. I'll c+p my thoughts in the other thread.
posted by jaduncan at 9:07 AM on February 13, 2011
posted by jaduncan at 9:07 AM on February 13, 2011
spray him in the face with the water bottle! KSSST! KSSSST! KSSSST! but you liberal pacifists won't climb out of your ivory tower to do it.
posted by fuq at 9:07 AM on February 13, 2011 [3 favorites]
posted by fuq at 9:07 AM on February 13, 2011 [3 favorites]
You seem to have omitted the deaththreats tag.
posted by tigrefacile at 9:10 AM on February 13, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by tigrefacile at 9:10 AM on February 13, 2011 [1 favorite]
See below.
posted by cortex (staff) at 9:17 AM on February 13, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by cortex (staff) at 9:17 AM on February 13, 2011 [2 favorites]
This thread is closed to new comments.
posted by jonmc at 9:03 AM on February 13, 2011 [3 favorites]