Barring some major collapse Wikipedia will soon have a major international presence on the internet. However we need to be cautious to not let our mouth outrun our gun. Soon means 5 or 10 years.
Fred
From: Ray Saintonge saintonge@telus.net Reply-To: wikipedia-l@Wikimedia.org Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 04:47:42 -0700 To: wikipedia-l@Wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikipedia-l] Re: wikipedia in China
Erik Moeller wrote:
When a really big bully pushes you, you may try to reason with him first. Perhaps you can bribe him, or you can hope that he will pick on the other kids and leave you alone.
But that's what all the other kids do, and that's why the bully has his power in the first place. And if you grant him that power, then he will use it and still abuse you. If at that point you are worried about the bully's "sensitivities", you are already a slave at heart.
Sometimes you have to push back.
In other words you need a bigger and better gang to out-bully the bullies. :-)
Ec
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