I'm calling a timeout here.
RK wrote:
But after he saw just one sentence he disapproved of (I
said that
Jews are descendents of the Israelite tribe of Judah, and refugees
from some of the other tribes.) he begain fixated on some imaginary
claims that have to with "racial purity" or something, and never let
go of this idea.
Jonathan Walther wrote:
You characterise Danny as being "obsessed with
racial purity" on a
public mailing list, and say "the flame war is coming from Danny alone"
and then you wonder why he doesn't see any point in talking to you?
Jonathan, you've mischaracterized what RK said. He did not say that
Danny was "obsessed with racial purity" but that he was "fixated on
some imaginary claims that have to [do] with 'racial purity' or
something".
I encourage anyone who wants to get involved in this dispute to first,
try not to do so. And barring that, please be exquisitely careful not
to loosely characterize what people are saying based on your emotion
when you read it.
So here's the timeout -- everyone try to relax about anything relating
to Israel, Jews, Moslems, anti-Semitism, and Jehovah's Witnesses and
any other related topics until _Friday_. Then hit me with your best
shot.
I think that a timeout to let tempers cool would be helpful. If you
REALLY think, based on a full understanding of the history, goals,
etc., of bans, if you REALLY think someone should be banned, then
raise the issue with me privately, including actual page references,
and I promise to read everything over carefully and make comments or
take actions accordingly.
But, that's Friday. Today is Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday we're
all going to take a vacation from bickering and have a virtual beer.
--Jimbo