joshua.zelinsky wrote:
For the record, the link that we actually care about is this one: http://lockerbiecase.blogspot.com/2007/10/wikipedia-and-lockerbie.html . It may be instructive examine what the link itself actually says
The sadly comical irony is, for anyone teetering on the brink of psychosis, I can't imagine what more we, as an institution, could have done to push people into believing allegations. Seriously... If we had all gotten together at a secret location and brainstormed for days on how to, as a prank, try to convince the world that SV = LM = MI5 agent who is controlling Wikipedia, we could never have come up with anything better than what we've actually done--
* Suppressing mere mention of the allegation, even after it's on slashdot, * Deleting good faith questions of slashdot readers asking what's up, * Trying to delete links to ANY site where somebody might accidentally stumble upon the SV=LM=MI5 story, or even sites that link to sites that might make the allegation * Trying to indef block and otherwise attack anyone who resist the purges.
You couldn't WRITE a better conspiracy theory than this. Our behavior has been a recipe for how to increase the population of tin-foil-hat wearers.
And of course, it's actually all fueled by compassion and defensiveness, not by any conspiracy. But woe to anyone out there in internet land who might be off their meds-- they must be having quite a ride.
Alec
Quoting Alec Conroy alecmconroy@gmail.com:
joshua.zelinsky wrote:
For the record, the link that we actually care about is this one: http://lockerbiecase.blogspot.com/2007/10/wikipedia-and-lockerbie.html . It may be instructive examine what the link itself actually says
The sadly comical irony is, for anyone teetering on the brink of psychosis, I can't imagine what more we, as an institution, could have done to push people into believing allegations. Seriously... If we had all gotten together at a secret location and brainstormed for days on how to, as a prank, try to convince the world that SV = LM = MI5 agent who is controlling Wikipedia, we could never have come up with anything better than what we've actually done--
- Suppressing mere mention of the allegation, even after it's on slashdot,
- Deleting good faith questions of slashdot readers asking what's up,
- Trying to delete links to ANY site where somebody might accidentally
stumble upon the SV=LM=MI5 story, or even sites that link to sites that might make the allegation
- Trying to indef block and otherwise attack anyone who resist the purges.
You couldn't WRITE a better conspiracy theory than this. Our behavior has been a recipe for how to increase the population of tin-foil-hat wearers.
And of course, it's actually all fueled by compassion and defensiveness, not by any conspiracy. But woe to anyone out there in internet land who might be off their meds-- they must be having quite a ride.
Alec
Somewhat off topic, does that mean my comment at http://youtube.com/watch?v=pxnc904iBkw was a bad idea?
Somewhat off topic, does that mean my comment at http://youtube.com/watch?v=pxnc904iBkw was a bad idea?
Responding seriously to your question. Yes, generally, when dealing with the chronically mentally ill, it is counterproductive to made such jests. Stirring the pot is disruptive and possibly dangerous.
Fred
On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 09:21:11AM -0400, Alec Conroy wrote:
joshua.zelinsky wrote:
For the record, the link that we actually care about is this one: http://lockerbiecase.blogspot.com/2007/10/wikipedia-and-lockerbie.html . It may be instructive examine what the link itself actually says
The sadly comical irony is, for anyone teetering on the brink of psychosis, I can't imagine what more we, as an institution, could have done to push people into believing allegations. Seriously... If we had all gotten together at a secret location and brainstormed for days on how to, as a prank, try to convince the world that SV = LM = MI5 agent who is controlling Wikipedia, we could never have come up with anything better than what we've actually done--
- Suppressing mere mention of the allegation, even after it's on slashdot,
- Deleting good faith questions of slashdot readers asking what's up,
- Trying to delete links to ANY site where somebody might accidentally
stumble upon the SV=LM=MI5 story, or even sites that link to sites that might make the allegation
- Trying to indef block and otherwise attack anyone who resist the purges.
You couldn't WRITE a better conspiracy theory than this. Our behavior has been a recipe for how to increase the population of tin-foil-hat wearers.
And of course, it's actually all fueled by compassion and defensiveness, not by any conspiracy. But woe to anyone out there in internet land who might be off their meds-- they must be having quite a ride.
Alec
Well said. We really are handling these situations badly and we need to develop a much more nuanced approach.
Brian.
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