I have unblocked Blair P. Houghton. Re: [WikiEN-l] Unreasonable block of user Blair P. Houghton by adminCryptoDerk

Wed Mar 16 19:28:05 UTC 2005

> You don't "get consensus" in the way you "get a bunch of bananas from
> the store."  You "get consensus" in the way you "get the joke."
> 
> Consensus isn't something you obtain, demand, husband, or cite.  It's
> something that happens.

In fact it is something I cite and try to obtain. We work toward
obtaining a cunsensus on article.

> Consensus follows action.  To believe otherwise is to obviate the prime
> directive of Wikipedia, which is to '''be bold'''.

The prime dirrective is to make an encyolpedia. in this case someone
else was bold by revting the chage instantly.

> The cooperative counterparts in a community of bold people are those who
> accept the boldness of those who are right, regardless of the prior
> consensus.

Should I be bold and block you under the "don't dissagree with geni"
rule and wait to see if a consensus forms or not?

> This concept of cooperation imbues every organization that relies on the
> truth.  Ask Galileo sometime.  Or ask your 5th-grade science teacher why
> you were taught about Galileo's legal problems. (Not that I think I'm
> Galileo or these noobs are the Inquisition; but a boy's got to get out
> the ''reductio ad absurdum'' sometimes to put a point across.)
> 
> --Blair

I fail to see the anology. 
-- 
geni