[WikiEN-l] ArbCom - too attached to 'equal treatment'?

Wed Mar 2 17:40:55 UTC 2005

JAY JG said:

> As the  person e-mailing me put it
>
> "It looks like the arbcom is going to put them both on POV parole,
> which is  silly; they have this thing about equal treatment. It's like
> if I report  someone to the police for a theft, the police first of all
> have to  investigate whether I've committed theft too, because if they
> charge one,  they have to charge both."
>
> Is this a valid concern?
>
I don't think so.  Arbitration is part of dispute resolution.  The
arbitrators must examine the behavior of all parties to the dispute in
order to arrive at factual findings and remedies that will stick.