joshua.zelinsky(a)yale.edu wrote:
Blocking socks indefinitely will not resolve the
problem true, but protection
doesn't resolve it and the damage as a precedent is far worse.
Maybe somebody
will try a really radical solution -- like talking with
somebody instead of hitting him over the head with a blunt template.
If the
situation is so serious that we need to consider this sort of measure then the
Foundation should be looking into providing more direct assistance, possibly using legal
means.
The problem with bringing this kind of thing to the Foundation is that
it sounds too much like saying, "Mommy, brother isn't playing fair."
In case anyone is considering extralegal means,
I'll incidentally note
that assassinations have an unpleasant history of creating martyrs (and yes,
that remark is meant to be humorous).
In our context an assassination may be a
somewhat more benign extralegal
means than copyvios or libel. :-)
Ec