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<P class=MsoNormal>Stan wrote in response to letter arguing that RK is a necessary evil:<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>"There are people who have some detailed knowledge of the<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Israeli Palestinian conflict, a generally neutral point of view, and a<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>commitment to scholarly investigation,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>myself for instance, but I've<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>generally avoided those articles because Wikipedia is not paying me enough<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>to put up with constant abuse and name-calling by RK."<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Although I agree in principle with Stan, who points out that RK's just a petty<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>partisan, who ought to quit haunting the Israeli-Palestinian articles in <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>favor of users with real expertise and a grasp of NPOV, there's no<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>chance in hell of this far-fetched fantasy working out. Passions run so <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>high on both sides in real life that it's inevitable that a new User:RK or<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>User:Palestine liberator could discover Wikipedia any day, launch an<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>ideological campaign under the guise of NPOV, and in turn attract a new <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>set of rival partisans. We'd certainly like to see better, but there's no<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>way Wikipedia, and all the freedom it affords, can act against users <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>determined to use Wikipedia as a battlefield to play out their frustrations. <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Moreover, RK's not the only partisan. Banning RK would just throw <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>off the balance existing right now between the partisans. Why don't <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>we just accept the fact that the Israeli-Palestinian articles are the<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>most conflict-prone of all on Wiki, given the real-world political realities? <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Rather than getting rid of this necessary evil, let's continue to referee <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>the RK-types? All his disputes end with NPOV by stalemate - and <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>that's what Wiki needs above all else. It doesn't matter how you get <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>there. <o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>In addition, his response noted that not banning RK would generate<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>more bad behavior. However, reread my arguments. I argued that<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>there's a peculiar long-run benefit derived from his bad behavior. <o:p></o:p></P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">He's a<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>necessary evil, when neutralized by his enemies.</SPAN></DIV><p><hr SIZE=1>
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