Re: [WikiEN-l] Moving forward

Armed Blowfish wrote: I seem to recall people asking not that long ago why Jayjg publicly exposed CharlotteWebb's use of Tor. There's a certain irony in him now being so vociferously criticized for forwarding messages to this list on behalf of another Tor user, whose situation also played into the arguments in the CharlotteWebb case.

I would hope that this settles the question of his oft-questioned motives for such controversial actions, whatever their wisdom. As tired as I am of the interminable discussion surrounding each of these incidents, this contrast is a useful reminder that people are complex beings with many motivating factors behind their decisions. When we "know" each other only online and then often through pseudonyms, it is basically impossible to divine these motivations. *That* is why it is so critical to assume good faith, and why the thoroughgoing failure to do so on this list has poisoned so many discussions for so long. It would in fact suffice to respond to people in ways that avoid assuming anything about their good faith or bad faith, but disappointingly few people seem capable of that. Remember that assumptions of bad faith are often manifest in the tone of the response. --Michael Snow