[Foundation-l] Etiquette, Civility

Fri Mar 24 01:53:36 UTC 2006

Fred Bauder wrote:

>In this situation the user who is deleting other users attempts to  
>communicate with them is clearly in the wrong. Two metapolicies are  
>being violated, Assume good faith and our consensus decision making  
>policy. If they are not willing to negotiate they are apparently  
>trying to impose their will in other ways, reverting, etc. What we  
>have here is a failure to communicate. It's a shame that that line  
>was put into the mouth of a fascist in Cool Hand Luke. Talking things  
>over in good faith is one of our basic assumptions.
>
It's been many years since I've seen the movie, but I would have seen 
Cool Hand as more an anarchist than a fascist.  More like the kind of 
guy that you could go drinking with, and be almost certain that it would 
be an exciting evening.

Ec