On 4/20/07, MacGyverMagic/Mgm macgyvermagic@gmail.com wrote:
Bad wording on my part. I was referring to his attempts to out editors and his legal threats. If we allow legal threats as long as they're outside the wiki, the NLT policy really isn't helpful at all.
I don't think we do. The Brandt unblocking has been described by Jimbo as an initiative aimed at stemming such threats by seeking rapprochement. It doesn't mean we're soft on some of the very nasty and petty things he has done.
I think a lot of people are troubled that Jimbo adopts this approach, which seems like casuistry. There are all kinds of valid qualms that can and should be expressed about this. It's a gambit, in my view, an attempt to resolve a very deep and longrunning dispute by reciprocating a positive gesture and permitting a reasonable request.