[WikiEN-l] blocking policy over personal attacks

Sun Feb 20 08:07:02 UTC 2005

>> ! Your actions have been documented and have, so far, been
> > circulated to thousands of aryans who do not look kindly on your type
> > of hatred. You know what happens to people who ignore history......
> > 88 !!"

> 
> I must be missing something.  How do these (highly offensive) remarks
> expose this sysop to "political, religious or other persecution by
> government, their employer or any others"?  

You don't think the above was a threat?

> Unless the sysop lives in
> a state with a Nazi government, it is clear to me that there is no
> such exposure.

Not from the government no. But what about the "thousands of aryans" ?

> I think it would be a very bad idea to allow sysops to block people
> who insult them, except in the most extreme cases. 

You'll get no argument from me there. However I don't think it was an
insult, I think it was a threat.

Theresa