on 5/13/07 8:07 PM, Fred Bauder at fredbaud@waterwiki.info wrote:
Most people with serious mental disorders are unable to keep it together enough to edit, or are disorganized but harmless. A small group is focused and disruptive. They generally can't work, so have idle time and often an ax to grind (after all, they may actually wear aluminum foil hats to prevent the CIA from reading their thoughts.) Our share of this sort of trouble is consistent with its incidence in society. It is important to be courteous, but to avoid entanglement. A tiny minority is actually dangerous and law enforcement assistance should be sought. You might think about editing anonymously, if this sort of trouble is unacceptable.
I just have some experience.
Fred,
Excellent observations and advice. Protect yourself first, don't pour gasoline on an already raging fire - then, when it's safe (if you're still interested), try and figure out what and why.
(BTW, I particularly liked your CIA reference :-)
Marc Riddell