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

Wed Mar 2 21:03:44 UTC 2005

Karl A. Krueger wrote:

> It would be unfortunate if people became afraid to report real abuses
> because they did not want to be forced to defend themselves from unfair
> or untrue accusations by the abuser.

We try not to be stupid :-)

> Fairness doesn't mean that everyone gets treated the same.  It means
> that everyone has to follow the same rules -- and that people who choose
> to break the rules *don't* get treated the same as people who don't.

You mean where the person complained of gets a substantial block for
personal attacks, and the complainant is cautioned not to let themselves
be provoked into responding in kind, with no actual penalty?

- d.