On 1/4/06, Anthony DiPierro <wikilegal(a)inbox.org> wrote:
Yes,
information is bad. We should definitely blame the spread of
information for the fact that idiots act like idiots. This fits in
perfectly with a foundation whose mission is giving people free access
to the sum of all human knowledge.
I think you're failing to draw an adequate distinction between
"encyclopedia" and "webhosting/blogging/forum service". On the
former
we seek to provide information of encyclopedic value, on the latter we
let people chatter away, troll. argue about politics, anathematize or
proselytize various religions by turn, insult one another and all the
other delights of online interaction. In general the kind of behavior
that is commonly observed on the latter is frowned upon on this
encyclopedia.