[WikiEN-l] Re: No more blocking people for who they are?

Tue Feb 7 23:10:26 UTC 2006

While I agree with the general point, slippery slope arguments are
usually pretty weak.

Why not take away 3RR citing the argument that "Eventually we won't be
allowed to edit. It is a slippery slope"? Or NPA on the basis that it
infringes free speech?

On 2/7/06, Steve Bennett <stevage at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>   Just a thought in the wake of the pedophile thing. Could we agree
> not to ever again block people for what they are? No matter how
> disgusting, unpleasant, immoral etc. Such things always being at least
> somewhat objective, we should stick instead to only blocking people
> for actions.
>
> In other words: If someone says, "I'm a pedophile", then by policy
> this should not be a reason to block them. If, on the other hand, they
> are trolling, and it works, then that becomes a blockable action -
> trolling.
>
> I worry that there is a genuine slippery slope where "I am a
> pedophile" gets confused with "I am a terrorist", then "I am a member
> of Hamas" then "I support Eta"  and so on and so forth. Is it not
> better to simply say "We do not block people for statements of who
> they are or what they believe"?
>
> Steve
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