on 10/26/11 8:28 AM, Federico Leva (Nemo) at nemow...@gmail.com wrote: > Risker, 26/10/2011 07:25: >> You've treated him like a >> five-year-old and made him sit on the naughty step - and let's be >> honest, that barely works with five-year-olds. Treating an adult in >> that way can be counted on to have an even more dramatically perverse >> effect than it does on a child. > > This typical pattern gets particularly interesting when a teenage sysop > blocks a sixty years old user. >
Uncivil, name-calling behavior is a substitute for substance in a dialogue; and is very often used as bait. The healthiest, and most effective response to behavior like this is silence - and to move along as though it never occurred. The offender becomes isolated, and the behavior will die from a lack of fuel. If you feel the need to hit someone, then do - with hard ideas and solid reasoning. Marc Riddell _______________________________________________ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
