On 31/01/07, Keitei <nihthraefn(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
On Jan 31, 2007, at 7:59, Marc Riddell wrote:
Terrific! I much prefer the term "Don't
be a dick" to "incivility";
can we
make the change :-).
I have to agree that "Don't be a dick" is a far better handling of
the policy... "Be civil" means "respect our social contract";
"don't
be a dick" is the contract. Much more to the point.
This summary wins a small prize. I think we need it enshrined somewhere.
I don't know about that distinction about the social contract and
repecting the social contract. If the social contract includes being
respectful then respect too is the social contract. It seems like
making too much of a fine point of distinction.
One point which for me makes "Be civil" preferable to "Don't be a
dick"
is that it advocates something that people should be in preference to
what they should not be. It has a more positive outlook.
Ec