[WikiEN-l] ZOMG Wikipedia is TERRORIST!!1!1!!!!

[George Herbert]

David -

Please don't toss napalm on the fire.

Thanks.

-george

On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 5:04 PM, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 24 July 2010 00:57, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 23 July 2010 13:53, Daniel R. Tobias <dan at tobias.name> wrote:
>
>>> rightly ridiculed by critics such as the WR crowd.
>
>
> See, that's a sentence fragment that is intrinsically flawed. The WR
> crowd in question was not "critics", the correct term is "stalkers and
> trolls," several of whom are the actual people the foundation was
> concerned about showing up there. You get no points for clear thinking
> on this topic.
>
>
>> The Foundation, like any other employer, has a duty (both legal and
>> moral) to protect its staff. The nature of the Foundation's work means
>> there is a significant risk of it coming under various forms of
>> attack, including people turning up at the office and behaving in a
>> threatening manner. Keeping the location of the office quiet was the
>> best way the Foundation had to mitigate that risk. The new office
>> comes with security, so the risk is significantly reduced, hence the
>> address being published.
>
>
> - d.
>
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-george william herbert
george.herbert at gmail.com