On 7/9/07, Guy Chapman aka JzG wrote:
On Mon, 9 Jul 2007 17:45:11 +0800, "John
Lee" wrote:
That debate has been had in respect of this site, some time ago. It
is settled. WR is not a reliable source, the marginal utility it has
in documenting some minor facets of self-referential issues is more
than outweighed by the problems of harassment and outing. It may not
have been dickery to start the discussion, but to perpetuate it this
long certainly looks like it.
Look, it's very obvious to all of us on the list that WR isn't a reliable
source. What we're saying is that it isn't to others, and that threatening
them with blocking isn't any greater an idea than threatening someone who
cites Joe Bloggs' blog as a source with a block.
Yes. The debate isn't about the site; it's about taking a pragmatic
approach in dealing with it.
Ec