on 6/1/07 8:08 PM, Matt R at wrote:
Sure, the aim is to write an encyclopedia, and
BJAODN perhaps wasn't the
funniest thing in the universe ever, but I think the project is becoming
increasingly humourless and bizarre these days.
You are absolutely right, Matt. You're talking about the Culture of WP; that
issue that most everyone who participates in this List seems to want to
avoid dealing with. Hours and hours of talk about 'spoilers', and
'badsites'
and 'passwords', and 'copyrights', and (pick one); but anytime a post
comes
along mentioning the very culture we're trying to function in - it is met
with silence. I wonder why?
I'm afraid that if it weren't for people dwelling emotionally on these
picayune topics, people in your profession would be in serious
competition with the legendary Maytag Repairman.
When we comment about the culture we live in we need to do so with a
great deal of introspection, and introspection puts into question the
assumptions upon which we build the certainty that underlays our other
views. Nobody wants to confront his inner Sisyphus.
Ec