I have seen several posts recently about a "clean slate" as regards to the new forum. I must say that I simply disagree with this and would like to know why this is a current line of thinking.
When I have seen this idea bandied about, it is exclusively linked to possible past misdeeds/wrongs/slights/general bad etiquette. But, to be a true clean slate, wouldn't this also hold true to all of someone's past good deeds?
Now, I know that I have a different worldview than most people on this board but rarely have I felt this out of place here before. To me, one's deeds define how I view that person, be they good or ill. This idea of wiping away the past simply because of a change of location wounds me in a way that I have a hard time putting into words.
Especially in an electronic format, all we have to go on, what we must judge a person by, are their words. Because we no longer have proof that they were written, must we forget them? Must I disregard the injuries and indignities put upon me by previous users? If that is the case, must I also forget the joys had and friends found on the previous incarnation of Pagan Forums? Do the people I have helped, by both word and deed, suddenly need me to perform those same deeds again to prove my loyalties?
Simply because we have changed locations doesn't mean that we have suddenly changed as people. I honestly want to know why my fellow users feel that this is an acceptable ideology.
When I have seen this idea bandied about, it is exclusively linked to possible past misdeeds/wrongs/slights/general bad etiquette. But, to be a true clean slate, wouldn't this also hold true to all of someone's past good deeds?
Now, I know that I have a different worldview than most people on this board but rarely have I felt this out of place here before. To me, one's deeds define how I view that person, be they good or ill. This idea of wiping away the past simply because of a change of location wounds me in a way that I have a hard time putting into words.
Especially in an electronic format, all we have to go on, what we must judge a person by, are their words. Because we no longer have proof that they were written, must we forget them? Must I disregard the injuries and indignities put upon me by previous users? If that is the case, must I also forget the joys had and friends found on the previous incarnation of Pagan Forums? Do the people I have helped, by both word and deed, suddenly need me to perform those same deeds again to prove my loyalties?
Simply because we have changed locations doesn't mean that we have suddenly changed as people. I honestly want to know why my fellow users feel that this is an acceptable ideology.
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