On 01/08/07, Anthony <wikimail(a)inbox.org>
wrote:
What would make the most sense is if Sarah just
switched to a new
account. Her hope for remaining pseudonymous using User:SlimVirgin is
quickly dwindling to nil, and the vain attempts to change this
situation are doing nothing but cause problems for the project.
The talk of appeasement, of course, makes one think of Chamberlain.
"You have sat too long here for any good you have been doing. Depart,
I say, and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go!"
One would have thought that having Mike Godwin actually on our payroll
would have helped to stave this moment off a bit longer. :)
More seriously, it's a meaningless analogy that provides no useful
insight. Who's appeasing who? Perhaps Wikipedia is appeasing SlimVirgin
by giving in to her demands that any mention of this gossip be
suppressed, in which case the same analogy supports the exact opposite
conclusion. "Appeasement" is not inherently good or bad, one has to look
at the details.