Is that particular extremist clique alone in viewing
other people as sub-human? Being particularly
sensitive to one form of bigotry is a bit out of
spirit with NPOV. El C's statement seems to be an
accurate characterization of a particular view, but
what principled basis for preemptive action can you
make based on how one "sees" another? How does one
distinguish in principle or practice those particular
extremists from the those who might disparage
"camelniggers," "ragheads," "gooks," "chinks,"
etc.
though little trace of such views may be evident in
their editing? Even if such is evident in their
writing, making a special case of one user simply
makes them special --which they are not.
Certainly someone who imposes her own informal
interpretaion policy should be a bit more clear on the
subject. I respectfully urge you to remove the ban and
allow the normal policy path to take its course.
Either the user crosses the line or he doesnt. Even
with the tacit sanction or indifference to your block,
your act is a needless circumvention of the formal
process of dispute resolution which came to be long
before you got here, and brought about in no small
part through problems with the formentioned type of
unilateralism.
SV
--- slimvirgin(a)gmail.com wrote:
On 8/24/05, steve v <vertigosteve(a)yahoo.com>
wrote:
Bombing people on claims of racial rationale is
no
less evil than bombing them on the basis of
claimed
ideological rationale, or on claims to divine
purpose.
El C summed up the reason trying to engage extreme
racists and
anti-Semities in dialogue on Wikipedia is probably
pointless, and why
they perhaps differ in kind from other types of
extremists. This from
the mailing list, Feb 24:
"When one editor sees another not as human but as
sub-human,
intrinsically and irreversibly, such a dialogue,
though it might find
formal expression, is a caricature by any stretch."
http://mail.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2005-February/020314.html
Sarah
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