on 12/16/07 3:16 PM, Eugene van der Pijll at eugene@vanderpijll.nl wrote:
Marc Riddell wrote:
Speaking just for me, Eugene, I don't care what the quality is, or has been, of a person's content, that does not give them a free pass to so blatantly disrespect another Community in such a foul-mouthed manner. There are many others on this List, and in the Community, whose quality of input is equal, or better, and who do not have to resort to such language. It is time we started calling each other on this. The vast majority of the Community is better than this.
What have you done with the Marc Riddell who wrote http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2007-September/080266.html?
Eugene
He's still very much alive and well, Eugene - he was just napping this time :-). But you are right, I did overreact; and I apologize to Christiano. On closer read, he did not make a direct personal attack on anyone. However, I still hold to the belief that the quality of a culture is reflected in the quality of its language. And there are many, many ways to make a strong point without having to resort to the language of bullies and thugs. I'm for making civility the guiding word in all our interactions.
Marc