On 21/09/2007, Daniel R. Tobias <dan(a)tobias.name> wrote:
On 21 Sep 2007 at 13:52:55 -0400, "Armed
Blowfish"
<diodontida.armata(a)googlemail.com> wrote:
Short-term solutions do not preclude long terms
ones. I also
suggest attempting to improve relations with certain websites.
Banning links to them will really help in this, won't it? :-)
Well, I also advocate removing hurtful comments / attacks /
whatever against members of those websites (or most any
non-celebrity figure, really) from WP.
Really, just because someone posts on a website which
contains material hurtful to WP editors does not mean that
person deserves to be called a holocaust denier.
But if you do
let people talk about it, some of them may
agree with the attacks, or say that the attackee needs to
have thicker skin. As Fred pointed out, some things which
may be said are false, but not obviously so. I'm not saying
you would, but it is common practise.
Oh, horrors! Allowing public discussion of something might
result in there being some actual opinions expressed... and
some of them might even possibly disagree with yours!
That's an intolerable situation we must never permit to
happen.
If it's a personal matter, why should it be on the table for
discussion in the first place?