[WikiEN-l] Re: Uncle Ed reads Irismeister the riot act

[Ray Saintonge]

Vicki Rosenzweig wrote:

> At 10:56 AM 4/2/04 -0500, Viajero wrote:
>
>> Ed's behaviour simply confirms my suspicion that there is an 
>> authoritarian
>> lurking in the soul of every rightwinger.
>
> This is also unhelpful.
>
> I strongly suspect that there is an authoritarian lurking somewhere in
> *every* human soul, one of the unfortunate impulses we need to guard
> against in ourselves.

I agree.  It often takes a great deal of intrapersonal intelligence to 
overcome this.  I regret that I often see some otherwise highly 
respected members of the Wikipedia community become so taken by the 
correctness of their own views that they leave very little room for 
alternative ones.

Yes, I do see Ed as having a strong tendency to authoritarian 
opinionation, but unlike most of the crew in that boat he doesn't insist 
on riding the boat to the bottom when it has been torpedoed.

Ec