joshua.zelinsky@yale.edu wrote:
Blocking socks indefinitely will not resolve the problem true, but protection doesn't resolve it and the damage as a precedent is far worse.
Maybe somebody will try a really radical solution -- like talking with somebody instead of hitting him over the head with a blunt template.
If the situation is so serious that we need to consider this sort of measure then the Foundation should be looking into providing more direct assistance, possibly using legal means.
The problem with bringing this kind of thing to the Foundation is that it sounds too much like saying, "Mommy, brother isn't playing fair."
In case anyone is considering extralegal means, I'll incidentally note that assassinations have an unpleasant history of creating martyrs (and yes, that remark is meant to be humorous).
In our context an assassination may be a somewhat more benign extralegal means than copyvios or libel. :-)
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