AndyL wrote:
on 3/6/05 5:25 PM, Ray Saintonge at
saintonge(a)telus.net wrote:
> Countersuits are a normal part of the civil
judicial process, but not of
> the criminal process. They provide for the limited right of the
> respondent to raise issues against his accuser. It does not operate to
> allow the court to initiate new complaints, nor does it allow for third
> party meddling.
But it is not the court that initiates
countersuits but the respondent.
That's where we're getting it wrong.
Let's get back to the point. You're so far not convincing me that your
model works better to get an encyclopedia written than the current one.
How does it better achieve that goal?
It wouldn't artificially discourage people from making legitimate complaints
for fear that they too would be penalised or at a minimum tempbanned from
editing an article until the hearing is complete.