[WikiEN-l] English Wikipedia Policy as sovereign law

[Thomas Dalton]

> Amusingly, an attempt to minimize harm is *precisely* what you were
>  arguing against, ... You now claim to be attacking another position
>  "We mustn't harm people", but thats a straw man. Your opposition was
>  taking the positions that "we can't needlessly harm people" (we must)
>  "reduce the amount that we unnecessarily harm people" and said so
>  explicitly.

It's not a strawman, it is exactly what (some) people were arguing.