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<DIV><SPAN class=125192019-11112003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I am
beginning to lose my patience with the length and contentiousness of this
thread.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=125192019-11112003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=125192019-11112003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Rick,
please don't fan the flames any more; give it a rest,
please.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=125192019-11112003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=125192019-11112003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Libertarian, please try to understand that Wikipedia is not a place to
"post" your point of view or argue about it. We are trying to write neutral
articles about topics.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=125192019-11112003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=125192019-11112003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>If
there is controversy about a topic you care deeply about, you have some
choices:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=125192019-11112003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=125192019-11112003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>1.
Don't write about it here, if you can't accept our Neutral Point Of View (NPOV)
editorial policy.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=125192019-11112003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=125192019-11112003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>2.
Stop and ask for help, every time someone reverts one of your edits. An
experience writer (like me :-) will come to your aid, and help you revise your
edit so that it is accepted by others.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=125192019-11112003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=125192019-11112003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>There
is no third way. Complaining about how everyone is unfair will never get you
anywhere, and eventually you will either be hounded out (as it will seem) or get
kicked out (if you get so upset that you start deliberately breaking the
rules).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=125192019-11112003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=125192019-11112003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I
think you ought to try option #2:</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=125192019-11112003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2> pick ONE SMALL
PROBLEM and ask about it. Then stop. And wait. Give people time to respond.
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=125192019-11112003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=125192019-11112003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>If the
problem really is OTHER PEOPLE, I can persuade them (usually) or make them (if
it's important enough). But you have to slow down and quiet down enough to let
me work. Otherwise, I can't help you.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=125192019-11112003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=125192019-11112003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Ed
Poor</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>