[WikiEN-l] Titanic, illustrated

Sun Apr 17 01:06:11 UTC 2005

Richard Holton said:
> On 4/16/05, Tony Sidaway <minorityreport at bluebottle.com> wrote:
>> Ray Saintonge said:
>> > I prefer a
>> > Dostoevskian revolutionary who will hesitate to throw a bomb when he
>> > realizes that it would harm others beyond his intended victim.
>>
>> All hail to Fyodor, but really what harm can be caused by a good bit
>> of ridicule?  Are we simply to modestly avert our gaze when the king
>> is so keen to display his march brazenly down the street insisting
>> that we pay due deference to his kingly robes?  To fail to point out
>> that he appears to be stark bollock naked would be a gross failure of
>> citizenship.
>
> What harm can be cause by personal attacks, which we have a policy
> against?

We're not going to get anywhere if you insist on lumping attacks on ideas
alongside attacks on persons.