On 12/7/07, Charlotte Webb <charlottethewebb(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 12/6/07, Risker <risker.wp(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 12/6/07, Guy Chapman aka JzG
<guy.chapman(a)spamcop.net> wrote:
On 12/6/07, Daniel R. Tobias
<dan(a)tobias.name> wrote:
Yeah... the "rutabaga" analogy is more
apt.
You really have no idea how offensive your fatuous example is to
those who have been viciously attacked, do you?
The whole lot of you really need to stop this...
[...]
And Dan - yes, Rutabaga is insulting.
Forgive me if my question is a grossly ignorant one, but I'm not
finding Swedish turnips offensive at face value. Does "rutabaga" have
some non-literal meaning in this context or is this another silly
inside joke?
—C.W.
Dan initially used the "rutabaga analogy" in the BADSITES/NPA Arbcom case,
in a way that could be interpreted to have denigrated the opinions of others
including JzG. Continuing to bring it up is an extension of that
belittling. My personal opinion on that particular subject is closer to
Dan's than JzG's; but I have no doubt that JzG is responding from his own
strong personal beliefs, and should not be hit over the head with a rutabaga
when he expresses them. On the other hand, I am tired of the strawman that
banning links to critical sites (regardless of their behaviour) will prevent
a single case of harassment of Wikipedians.
Everyone knows what these two fellows (and a few others who just didn't
happen to be online last night) have to say on the subject, we've heard it
for about 9 months now on a near daily basis. In my opinion, it's time to
give it a rest.
Risker
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