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Terms of Service, Conduct
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Terms of Service, Conduct
by AnonOfIbid » Wed Apr 20, 2011 5:59 am
The TOS are way too vague on conduct. This leaves non-administrator members exposed to censure and exclusion without much ability to examine whether or not the administrator made an error.
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Re: Terms of Service, Conduct
by retrofuturist » Wed Apr 20, 2011 6:25 am
Greetings AnonOfIbid,
How would you suggest they be worded then?
Metta,
Retro.
How would you suggest they be worded then?
Metta,
Retro.
If you have asked me of the origination of unease, then I shall explain it to you in accordance with my understanding:
Whatever various forms of unease there are in the world, They originate founded in encumbering accumulation. (Pārāyanavagga)
'We should not congratulate someone on the success of their misdeeds, but on the contrary should endeavour to advise him or her to lead a more skilful and wholesome life. If such advice is ignored then we can only give up and let go' - Phra Panyapatipo
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Whatever various forms of unease there are in the world, They originate founded in encumbering accumulation. (Pārāyanavagga)
'We should not congratulate someone on the success of their misdeeds, but on the contrary should endeavour to advise him or her to lead a more skilful and wholesome life. If such advice is ignored then we can only give up and let go' - Phra Panyapatipo
Dharma Wheel (Mahayana / Vajrayana forum)
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Re: Terms of Service, Conduct
by cooran » Wed Apr 20, 2011 8:08 am
Yes, I'd be interested in seeing what Anon has to say too.
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Re: Terms of Service, Conduct
by Ytrog » Thu Jun 02, 2011 10:40 pm
I just re-read the TOS and I do not find much vagueness in there. Sure, the "All members are responsible for their own Right Speech" and "Do not be disruptive" are open for interpretation, however it is impossible imho to account for every possible situation you might encounter. Even the law is for this reason open for interpretation on many points and we have judges to do exactly that. On this forum the moderators fulfill that role. I think we should trust the moderators to apply those rules wisely and fair just as we trust judges to do the same with the law. Without a trust that it isn't used for censorship a system of moderation would never work.
And if you're not sure about whether you'll break the rules or not: if something you want to do or say feels wrong it usually is.
Hope this helps
And if you're not sure about whether you'll break the rules or not: if something you want to do or say feels wrong it usually is.
Hope this helps
Suffering is asking from life what it can never give you.
mindfulness, bliss and beyond (page 8) wrote:Do not linger on the past. Do not keep carrying around coffins full of dead moments
If you see any unskillful speech (or other action) from me let me know, so I can learn from it.
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Re: Terms of Service, Conduct
by tiltbillings » Thu Jun 02, 2011 11:02 pm
Ytrog wrote:I just re-read the TOS and I do not find much vagueness in there. Sure, the "All members are responsible for their own Right Speech" and "Do not be disruptive" are open for interpretation, however it is impossible imho to account for every possible situation you might encounter. Even the law is for this reason open for interpretation on many points and we have judges to do exactly that. On this forum the moderators fulfill that role. I think we should trust the moderators to apply those rules wisely and fair just as we trust judges to do the same with the law. Without a trust that it isn't used for censorship a system of moderation would never work.
And if you're not sure about whether you'll break the rules or not: if something you want to do or say feels wrong it usually is.
Hope this helps
Just a point of interest: AnonOfIbid who started this thread was a double nicker (not element) who had been banned earlier for disruptive behavior.
What is the use of his knowledge
pertaining to the number of insects in the whole world?
Rather, inquire into his knowledge of
that which is to be practised by us
-- Dharmakirti
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond.
SN I, 38.
Níl sa saol seo ach ceo
There is naught in this life but mist
Is ní bheimid beo ach seal beag gearr.
And we will not be alive but a short hard time.
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Re: Terms of Service, Conduct
by Ytrog » Thu Jun 02, 2011 11:26 pm
As i don't see what e-mail addresses people use for their accounts I cannot see who is a double-nicker.
What is it with all those disruptive people that seem to creep in here lately?
What is it with all those disruptive people that seem to creep in here lately?
Suffering is asking from life what it can never give you.
mindfulness, bliss and beyond (page 8) wrote:Do not linger on the past. Do not keep carrying around coffins full of dead moments
If you see any unskillful speech (or other action) from me let me know, so I can learn from it.
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Re: Terms of Service, Conduct
by plwk » Fri Jun 03, 2011 12:28 am
What is it with all those disruptive people that seem to creep in here lately?
Must be summer time...
Bhikkhus, if you develop and make much this one thing,
it invariably leads to weariness, cessation, appeasement, realization and extinction.
What is it? It is recollecting the Enlightened One.
If this single thing is recollected and made much,
it invariably leads to weariness, cessation, appeasement, realization and extinction.
Anguttara-Nikaya: Ekanipata: Ekadhammapali: Pañhamavagga
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it invariably leads to weariness, cessation, appeasement, realization and extinction.
What is it? It is recollecting the Enlightened One.
If this single thing is recollected and made much,
it invariably leads to weariness, cessation, appeasement, realization and extinction.
Anguttara-Nikaya: Ekanipata: Ekadhammapali: Pañhamavagga
WBB TBHT HBM AC My Page
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Re: Terms of Service, Conduct
by Kim O'Hara » Fri Jun 03, 2011 12:57 am
plwk wrote:What is it with all those disruptive people that seem to creep in here lately?
Must be summer time...
... or those long winter evenings with nothing to do.
(It all depends on your hemisphere
)
Kim
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