[Foundation-l] Concern for the safety of Wikimanians in Alexandria

Austin Hair adhair at gmail.com
Fri Mar 7 03:41:12 UTC 2008


On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 8:18 PM, Marc Riddell <michaeldavid86 at comcast.net> wrote:
> on 3/6/08 8:37 PM, Erik Moeller at erik at wikimedia.org wrote:
>  > Wikimedia is a social movement as much as it is an organization. Don't
>  > look to the Foundation as the only force to bring people together --
>  > do it yourself. That's a better use of your time than arguing on the
>  > Internet. :-)
>
>  Eric,
>
>  As if this insulting, patronizing post wasn't enough, did you really need to
>  end it by telling me what is the best use my time?

Far from politically correct, but anyone who's been on the Internet
for any period of time knows how to complete this one:

"Arguing on the Internet is like competing in the Special Olympics..."

Austin



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