[Foundation-l] Forking the Wiki

[Jens Ropers]

On 4 Jan 2005, at 16:09, Traroth wrote:

> I'm very curious to see it. From time to time,
> somebody speaks about it, but nothing happens. I would
> like to see reactions about a testimony like "my 4
> years daughter was killed by a US marine in Fallujah".
> With a lot of readers/contributors in the United
> States, it could be really funny...
>
> Traroth

1. I think Fallujah's survivors of siege warfare and radioactive and 
chemical weapons have more pressing needs right now than logging on to 
the Internet and editing some website.
2. Do you think that Muslim residents of a hitherto-branded "axis of 
evil"-country would have better luck than Christian-dominated US allies 
in convincing the US American "Moral" Majority that "Thou shalt not 
kill" really DOES mean just that? Me neither.
3. Adding to that, well, what do you think -- if a foreign army lays 
siege to, and napalm-bombs someone's hometown, would it be unreasonable 
to assume that the person so affected might rather be WAY past 
contributing friendly edits to a joint encyclopedia? (Which is why I 
reckon that the US has guaranteed itself one or two sequels, al Qaeda 
branded or otherwise. But then, that's just my hunch and I could be 
wrong.)
4. Leaving aside the unlikeliness of seeing a lot of Fallujan 
contributors anytime soon, if you've given up on the US as such and 
only expect mere sordid entertainment -- yes, a hypothetical advent of 
Fallujan contributors would provide copious amounts of that. Let the 
games begin, but don't forget to duck and cover!

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