[Foundation-l] Liu Xiaobo

[Austin Hair]

Peter has been placed on moderation as a preventive measure.  If
future posts are still civil, irrespective of sanity considerations,
we'll let them through.

Austin

On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 11:49 PM, Peter Damian
<peter.damian at btinternet.com> wrote:
> I don't know why such fuss has been made in the media about this.  Under
>  Chinese law, Xiaobo is a criminal who has been sentenced by Chinese
> judicial
>  departments for violating Chinese law
> http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/node/461876  His own community has delivered a
>  verdict upon him: he is a criminal.  He deserves 'fair treatment' no more
>  than the trolls who have disrupted the Wikipedia deserve so-called 'fair
>  treatment'.  Those who violate community norms, such as Xiaobo (in the case
>  of China) or many of the disruptive elements who create havoc on the
> project
>  by their offensive comments and offsite attacks.  The Chinese government
>> imposed a blackout on news of the award: quite right.  This is exactly
>> what
>  would happen on Wikipedia, by means of blocks in article space, talk pages
>  and email access.  More power to the community!
>
>  Peter
>
>
>
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