[Foundation-l] A modest proposal: ads on wikipedia.com

[Rich Holton]

Florence Devouard wrote:
> Rich Holton wrote:
>> David Gerard wrote:
>>> On 23/04/07, Erik Moeller <erik at wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> non-profit way? I find it, for lack of a better word, asinine to
>>>> justify ads with all the great things we could do if we had money.
>>>> Shouldn't we have a much better idea of what these great things are
>>>> _before_ we try to get more money?
>>> Think of the ad money, think of things to do with it, then add them to the list!
>>>
>>> (where's the list?)
>>>
>>>
>>> - d.
>> CAIAPHAS:
>> Think of the things you can do with that money
>> Choose any charity - give to the poor
>> We've noted your motives - we've noted your feelings
>> This isn't blood money - it's a fee nothing
>> Fee nothing, fee nothing more.
> 
> 
> an ad
> at the fork of the road
> fine dining
> 
> 
The above from
"traveling", _A Dictionary of Haiku_ by Jane Reichhold.
For those following along, my original non-sequitur was from "Damned for 
All Time", from Jesus Christ Superstar


This is easy, but somehow appropriate:

Do not stand at the fork of the road
To cut down their fugitives;
And do not imprison their survivors
In the day of their distress.