[Foundation-l] New project proposal: Soviet Repressions Memorial

[Fred Bauder]

> 2008/12/25 Ian A. Holton <poeloq at gmail.com>:
>
>> I do however believe that such a project is a good idea and also
>> believe
>> that it being hosted outside of the WMF might even be benefitial and
>> might
>> even be worth an organisation itself if the scope is extended to cover
>> more
>> than "just" the victims of one regime, others have been already pointed
>> out
>> in previous messages.
>
>
> Yes. I don't want to imply it's a bad idea, it's a good one and could
> be done very well. I'm just not convinced it fits WMF.
>
> It could be done very badly indeed, of course. A comparison would be
> the network of critic of Scientology websites that formed in the late
> 1990s (including my own). These are long on factual detail, but are
> often so bitterly pissed-off as to be all but unreadable if you don't
> already agree.
>
> And there's little educational point to a resource that only targets
> those who already agree.
>
>
> - d.

The whole point would be to provide an introduction to those who not only
don't agree, but never heard of it.

Fred