[Foundation-l] Boycott in ace at wiki

[Pavlo Shevelo]

> Er, en:wp, and other languages, are outstandingly "owned" by the
> Western democratic cultures of the US and Europe.

Well in that meaning it's true to the extent how well WP:5P reflects
"Western democratic cultures of the US and Europe".



On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 9:14 PM, Bod Notbod <bodnotbod at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 6:53 PM, Pavlo Shevelo <pavlo.shevelo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>> No, that's completely incorrect. Wikipedias are per language, not per
>>> country, and no country owns the wiki in its language.
>>
>> I'm completely agree on that and would add (to make it closer to
>> context of  Excirial wording):
>>
>> ... nor per country neither per culture, and no culture own no
>> Wikipedia in no language.
>
> Er, en:wp, and other languages, are outstandingly "owned" by the
> Western democratic cultures of the US and Europe.
>
> It's what makes us able to show pictures that those of another culture
> might be willing to kill someone for.
>
> I think that's fine. More than fine, I would go on a march for those
> rights. Had I been born into a muslim family I would probably think
> completely differently. I don't see how the fact of my birth in one or
> the other can make me any more or less "neutral".
>
> en.User:Bodnotbod
>
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