[WikiEN-l] Disgusting behavior on AN:I

[Ray Saintonge]

Guy Chapman aka JzG wrote:

>On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:23:37 -0700, "George Herbert"
><george.herbert at gmail.com> wrote:
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>Snipping some very wise words (and not just for MONGO), there is one
>important facet missing.  MONGO's problems arise in no small part from
>the extreme determination of a small group of lunatics, the 9/11
>conspiracy theorists.  These people are barking mad, and MONGO
>enforced and enforces policy against them, in the process (and
>probably at least half intentionally) proving to them that their mad
>theories are both mad and negligible.  They absolutely hate that, and
>they would hate it whoever was the messenger.
>
Maybe there are others who would be more effective in keeping this crowd 
contained.  When someone has a mad theory attempting to disprove it is 
rarely successful.  Negligibility and notability debates fall into the 
same basket of futility.  A diplomatic contain and control policy may 
work better with these people than direct confrontational enforcement.

Ec