Matt R stated for the record:
Are you saying that the ArbComm should be amoral?
Yes. We are here to ensure that an encyclopedia can be built. We don't care if you are a pedophile, a Nazi, or a tax collector. If you contribute to the encyclopedia, we leave you alone. If you hinder the encyclopedia, you're out. That is the entirety of our standards.
We're not bound by the American Bill of Rights. We're not bound by English common law. We're not bound to be fair or just. We're not even bound by precedent, though we do try to learn from what works and what doesn't work. We usually obey the laws of thermodynamics.
I would hope that fairness and a vague sense of justice would figure to some extent in the activities of the Arbitration Committee. Historically, that seems to have been the case.
-- Sean Barrett | Madness takes its toll. sean@epoptic.com | Please have exact change.