On Nov 25, 2006, at 9:35 AM, Sean Barrett wrote:
Fred Bauder stated for the record:
On Nov 25, 2006, at 8:53 AM, Sean Barrett wrote:
the assumptions behind this passion play
What are the assumptions?
Primarily that:
#1 there can never be any doubt that hateful bigotry is running rampant, crippling the functioning of our society
#2 anyone who wonders whether the alleged oppression is really as bad as is claimed is a hateful bigot who must be immediately reeducated if not exiled from the community
Please remember that we started talking about -- and I'm still talking about -- Wikipedia, the place where we write articles, not this mailing list or IRC. As I think you pointed out, there are different players as well as different sets of rules for each, making them distinct communities.
Perhaps those assumptions explain the drama, but I would advance these assumptions for work:
We have problems, but could do better.
Dialog is productive.
Fred