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>Arguing against is like saying, "My kid gets bullied, but why should I only solve the problem for him?" That's not what it is like at all, though. I would say
by filoleg 7y ago
>Arguing against is like saying, "My kid gets bullied, but why should I only solve the problem for him?"
That's not what it is like at all, though. I would say your approach is more similar to "my kid is being bullied at a local community pool, so instead of trying to address the bullying issue occurring to my kid directly, I will simply try to institute a bunch of rules to make that local pool a 'bully-free zone'".
- pavel_lishin 7y ago> I will simply try to institute a bunch of rules to make that local pool a 'bully-free zone' That sounds like a great idea for a pool to implement, and I would feel better about taking my kid there vs. the local arcade that just shrugged their shoulders and said "what do you want, if they don't get bullied here, they'll get bullied elsewhere."
- mrweasel 7y agoBut that rule would be: No one is allowed in the pool, ever.
- pavel_lishin 7y agoBy that logic, you should tell dang to stop moderating HN, no?
- filoleg 7y agoModerating a text-only message board is much easier than moderating real life interactions (in qualitative terms, not quantitative). There are so many ways to instigate bullying in real life without saying anything inflammatory at all. And that's not even accounting for the fact that kids can be very creative, when it comes to coming up with ways to make someone feel excluded and miserable.