--- Kelly Martin <kelly.lynn.martin(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 11/28/05, Poor, Edmund W
<Edmund.W.Poor(a)abc.com> wrote:
* it's not a matter of two people
"disputing"
* it's a matter of one party being "right" and the other party being
"wrong"
I disagree. It's a matter of two people disputing. One of them may
be disputing in a manner we approve of and the other disputing in a
manner we do not. The purpose of dispute resolution is not to Find
What Is Right, but rather to enable the disputants to come to an
agreement without tearing each other's heads off.
Hmm. I would see the purpose of dispute resolution as simply to resolve the
dispute; sometimes we do this by helping the disputants come to a civilised
agreement, sometimes we do this by ruling on editors' behaviour and applying
sanctions. The former is preferable, but isn't always possible. For those
cases, we shouldn't be afraid to "Find What Is Right" (with respect to our
policies, that is).
-- Matt
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