Comments on: Free Speech http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2007/04/free-speech/ A biblioblog Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:03:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Kevin A. Wilson http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2007/04/free-speech/#comment-17123 Kevin A. Wilson Thu, 03 May 2007 13:03:21 +0000 http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2007/04/free-speech/#comment-17123 I think it would be effective to the extent that the owners of web sites enforced it. I don't allow personal attacks on this site. But so far the idea that I would delete them is only theoretical, since no one has ever engaged in such behavior here. I tend to think my readers and those of other biblioblogs are a better class of people. On the other hand, I came across a great quote while reading The Invisible Man last night. (This is the book by H.G. Wells, not the one with the same title by Ralph Ellison.) The Invisible Man is said to "swear with that breadth and variety that distinguishes the swearing of a cultivated man." By the way, if we are going to legislate manners, Judith Martin is certainly the better choice. I think it would be effective to the extent that the owners of web sites enforced it. I don’t allow personal attacks on this site. But so far the idea that I would delete them is only theoretical, since no one has ever engaged in such behavior here. I tend to think my readers and those of other biblioblogs are a better class of people.

On the other hand, I came across a great quote while reading The Invisible Man last night. (This is the book by H.G. Wells, not the one with the same title by Ralph Ellison.) The Invisible Man is said to “swear with that breadth and variety that distinguishes the swearing of a cultivated man.”

By the way, if we are going to legislate manners, Judith Martin is certainly the better choice.

]]> By: Angela Erisman http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2007/04/free-speech/#comment-17121 Angela Erisman Thu, 03 May 2007 12:38:05 +0000 http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2007/04/free-speech/#comment-17121 Legislating rules is different than creating a code of conduct. If Emily Post were federal, state, or local law, we'd all be in trouble. I see absolutely nothing wrong with a code of conduct, although I question how effective it would be. Legislating rules is different than creating a code of conduct. If Emily Post were federal, state, or local law, we’d all be in trouble. I see absolutely nothing wrong with a code of conduct, although I question how effective it would be.

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