On 20 Oct 2007 at 19:27:19 -0700, Jimmy Wales jwales@wikia.com wrote:
Yes, think about everything some. But also realize that there is such a thing as an excessive rant from someone who really really has crossed the line in comparing a 24 hour block for trolling to the "East German Stasi".
Yes, comparing a 24 hour block to the Stasi would be rhetorically excessive. But that's not actually what I did; I observed that "Zero tolerance; shoot on sight" seemed more akin to the Stasi than to Wikipedia. You were the one who initiated the use of overblown violent rhetoric when you said to "shoot on sight"... done ironically in a context of wanting to bring back a state of "wikilove".
Am I one of those you think should go away and find a different hobby?