[WikiEN-l] Assume bad faith, for banned users.

[Ray Saintonge]

Thomas Dalton wrote:
> Banned users have been banned for a reason. That reason makes the
> assumption of bad faith valid. The policy of "Assume Good Faith" says:
>
> "Unless there is strong evidence to the contrary, assume that people
> who work on the project are trying to help it, not hurt it."
>
> The fact that they've been indefinitely banned *is* strong evidence to
> the contrary.
Your attempted redefinition assumes that once a person has been proven 
to act in bad faith in a particular set of circumstances he will act in 
bad faith for everything that he does in the future.  In your scheme 
there is never any redemption.  For people who are being punished to 
"teach them a lesson" it assumes that the lesson will never be learned, 
even after they have done their full time.

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