It's clear that people are much, much more concerned about smoothing things over than they would be if wikimania were being held in atlanta. (At least, it became clear to me when one of my friends, who didn't know about alexandria, told me my arguments were totally uncharacteristic.)
This is not necessarily a bad thing. It could end up being a really good thing. Maybe wikipedians will actually effect some tiny steps forward in the incredibly troubled relationship between the middle east and the west. At the very least, a lot of people are going to know a lot more about internal egyptian politics than they once did.
On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 8:14 PM, geni geniice@gmail.com wrote:
On 22/02/2008, Ben Yates ben.louis.yates@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 6:25 PM, Tony Sidaway tonysidaway@gmail.com wrote:
Why are we so eager to bend over backwards for people who either cannot operate their web browers or refuse to do so?
Because of network effects and alexandria.
We always knew there were risks with alexandria.
Read the Jyllands-Posten timeline.
Argumentum ad baculum?
-- geni
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