Ray Saintonge wrote:
The wonder is that those who are bitter opponents on one issue, can be staunch allies on an other. Jimmy and I would likely clash over libertarianism, but be on the same side over atheism. We may agree on reason, but differ on what it means.
As long as Wikipedians can continue to base their views on what people say rather than who they are we have a healthy project.
That's right. And the astonishing near-miracle to me, a veteran of too-many years on Usenet and mailing lists, is that even people of very different ideas can agree on an encyclopedic presentation. In the early days of wikipedia, I was skeptical.
--Jimbo