[WikiEN-l] Re: Illegitimate block.
Tony Sidaway
minorityreport at bluebottle.com
Fri Jan 28 15:20:40 UTC 2005
JAY JG said:
>>From: Robert Brookes <the_robert_brookes at yahoo.com>
>>The use of a
>>(Gestapo-style) heavy hand in controlling the actions
>>of people is not something Wikipedia should create an
>>environment to florish. (So stated to commemorate the
>>liberation of the prisoners from Auswitz 60 years ago)
>
> I feel that any comparison between blocking an editor from editing an
> on-line encyclopedia for 24 hours, and the actions of the Gestapo or
> Nazis in Auschwitz, is an insult to the memory of the victims of the
> Gestapo and Auschwitz.
How about this? "The use of a (teacher style) heavy hand in controlling
the actions of people is not something Wikipedia should create an
environment to flourish. (So stated to commemorate the time I was sent to
stand in the naughty corner for interrupting Mrs Sissons' algebra class)"
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