Dear Gentle, and Gentile readers
I the God of the muttering floor pacing few have a question to ask the community. I have attempted to find the answer in all the official advertising pap clogging up this site, success was not mine. I contemplated opening an E-ticket, rejected that option the probability of me receiving a vague non committal a few weeks from now was too high. Eventually after much sole searching(splinter) I decided to ask here. Honoured readers, trolls, stalkers, ladyboys and bruceswar please help me resolve this important question.
Does CC have a duty of care to the mentally ill?
a) If the mentally ill refuse/neglect to take their medication does this void CC's duty of care(why help those who won't help themselves right? Even though not helping themselves is part of their condition......)
b) Is using mental illness as a reason to be treated differently, unfair to non impaired users?
c) CC doesn't appear to have a policy to deal with the mentally ill(according to some reputable research 32% of the population at some stage in their lives, and 11% of the population at any given time). Should CC have a mental health policy. Some members of this site have self harmed, or have been in danger of doing so. Some ex members are not ex members because of the ultimate self harm. What are the ethics of implementing a mental health policy on a voluntary site(all be it a pay for full use site)
d) Is it fair to ask volunteer moderators to accept even more responsibilities? A thankless task already, with people questioning their motives to begin with. How do you moderator/deal with someone that is unable to reason/accept logic due to mental illness. Moderator - "Your crossing the line and need to stop stalking BoganGod mentally ill stalker - Screw you chemefreak yoo ar jus liek evry1 else and are aginst me
e) Privacy concerns and getting what you pay for. If I'm mentally ill, and have been perma banned because of actions directly attributable to my illness do I deserve redemption/or a reduction in my ban if I can prove I'm seeking help? Does just refunding a sick persons money, cutting them off from the site and hoping they will go away seem like a reputable way to treat your customers?
A few examples
- . TinkyWinky* obsessively watches Bruceswar's wall, reporting every post and the time of each post. Making false accusations fueled by mania, paranoia, and a considerable dose of delusion This creates extra work for moderators, needless stress and time wasted for Bruceswar and generally just pisses people off.
- 0thought* reports every post in a thread, because his/her/its paranoia and inflated sense of importance leads him/her/it to think they are the only person on site worth discussing.So all comments must be about them obviously this reduces all other users enjoyment of the thread in question. Creates extra work for mods once again.
BunnyFooFoo* thinks she is God, and agitates against anything that her febrile imagination can misconstrue to be about her and against religion and spirituality Religion intruding in an aggressive way into what is essentially a secular site, is a violation of the rights of other users to enjoy the experience they have paid for. Free from proselytising, harassment, and fanaticism. How does the community and the moderators deal with BunnyFooFoo who genuinely believes she is God(most would agree in all probability a delusion on her part). Religion and politics have their place in off topics and private user groups. How do we deal with a spill over due to someone not understanding boundaries.
Thank you for reading, thinking, and leaving a considered response.
*Names have been changed to protect the ill and are used for example purposes only. With the exception of Bruceswar whose courageous and public battle with bi-polar and split personality disorder is an inspiration to those in his corner.
