Why not? When you're thinking at high level, you have to take everything into account, usually things that would seem ridiculous to a lot of people who are not used to thinking at high level, and it's almost for sure that we won't solve the apple problem, but taking a step backwards helps seeing things with a more realistic point of view, specially when you're scope is global. And the fact is that Wikipedia is an American enterprise affecting the whole world, and another fact is that the United States is a great country, but also a country with a lot of ballast from the past. If we really want to be the *free* encyclopedia, we have to think in a free way, I have to take into account capitalism, you have to take into account socialism, I have to take into account religion, and you have to take into account pornography. Avoiding problems is not the best way to solve them, and the best way to learn to be wise is being stupid sometime.
Miguel Ángel
--- On Mon, 14/2/11, Casey Brown lists@caseybrown.org wrote:
From: Casey Brown lists@caseybrown.org
Maybe, or just more clear expectations of what isn't the most helpful things here. I've been seeing a lot of general/deep philosophical questions and topics like the Bible and capitalism. I don't know about anyone else, but I just click "mark all as read" for those ones. :-) This list is about increasing gender diversity in Wikimedia projects, not about describing the history of gender issues throughout time.
I agree with Casey (although I still read most of these posts). We can't start the discussion with Adam and Eve.
Andreas
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