[WikiEN-l] Forgive and forget

[charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com]

"Thomas Dalton" 

> > I try to apply it all the time, but apparently it is a dying kind of
> > dispute resolution.
> 
> It isn't a form of dispute resolution at all. You can't really forgive
> someone until they accept they did something wrong (well, I guess
> technically you can, but it doesn't achieve much), and once they've
> done that, the dispute is already resolved. All "forgive and forget"
> says is "once the dispute is resolved, move on, don't try and punish
> people for their mistakes".

What is wrong with 'move on' as a form of dispute resolution? Beats vendetta and vindictiveness any day.

I begin to think 'Njal's Saga' should be required reading for those concerned with Wikipedia disputes. Here's a short version (spoiler warning: look away now).






Starts with brothers H and H and a Queen of Norway.

Much later: spectacular murders of almost unrelated G and N in their homes.

Much later again: F and K, representing the two feuding sides, and almost the only ones left standing, say 'to hell with it'.

Charles

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