At 06:26 PM 1/28/2005 -0800, Robert Brookes wrote:
--- Bryan Derksen <bryan.derksen(a)shaw.ca> wrote:
At 08:38 AM 1/28/2005 -0800, Robert Brookes
wrote:
Was there a comparison?
No!
The holocaust started with the first brick thrown
through the window of a Jewish owned shop ... or
with
the first racist taunt. We have people here now
exhibiting the same intolerance and actions of the
brown shirts then
Your denial of comparing Wikipedia to the Holocaust
was immediately
followed by a comparison of Wikipedia to the
Holocaust. This is not helping
your argument any.
A comprehension problem perhaps?
No. You're comparing the actions of people "here now" (ie, Wikipedians on
Wikipedia) to the actions of brownshirts throwing bricks through windows of
Jewish-owned shops (which you yourself state was a component of the
Holocaust). It's right there.
Let this reply by Skyring help you;
"You used the phrase "Gestapo-like" to illustrate
heavy-handed admins. That was entirely appropiate.
But this is exactly what I was disagreeing with; the comparison of the
Gestapo to heavy-handed admins is emphatically not appropriate. Maybe when
the heavy-handed admins are rounding up editors and killing them en masse
you might have basis for it, but right now it's _just a website_. If an
admin goes mad with power and bans you, it just means you've got some spare
time in your day to browse webcomics or whatever. Get some perspective.