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Old Mar 02, 2007, 11:47 PM
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Thanks for that reminder September Morn.

Naturally, different communities have different standards. For instance, I recently replicated the thread Presumed Causes of Schizophrenia on my personal blog and was terrible tempted to borrow on the words of Meta who had stated so succintly, "It's no wonder our heads are spinning.". I didn't however, and wouldn't, because this community's expectations are explicitly stated and I had not personally asked Meta for his/her consent.

Standards differ among online communities and it is almost inevitable that you will encounter others who will insist that you shut up (for any reason) in order to protect them. It's difficult to know what the ethics of rules are in some instances.

*shrug*

I've come to accept that it's just part of the human experience.


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