Chris,
As someone who is not in the least involved in this situation, I find your breezy blowing
off of these people's concerns as offensive. If you aren't interested in becoming
involved, then may I suggest you not bother to deal with it?
RickK
Christopher Mahan <chris_mahan(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
--- James Rosenzweig wrote:
Chris,
I understand and respect your position.
Ok.
I think,
however, it is not sufficiently clear that Sl's post
here was the result of the four months of difficulty
many of us have had in working with WHEELER.
Indeed, it was not. The poster should have made that clearer.
He has
made frequent Anti-Semitic remarks, as well as being
blatantly rude to a number of editors (questioning
their competence, their belief in God at one point,
etc.).
Not illegal is it? It's called freedom of speech. You should try it
sometime.
Suggesting a ban isn't in violation with
wikilove at this point, I think. I, Kim Bruning, Sl,
Sam Spade, and numerous other editors have done our
best to encourage WHEELER to do good here, and have
attempted to correct him when he has abused our good
faith.
Obviously your efforts, while well-intended, have failed. Again,
whose fault?
Enough is enough. That's my opinion.
Being frustrated with a situation is a personal emotion, and is
rarely effective in logical discourse.
Certainly a call for a ban here isn't going to
get
results -- that's an AC measure.
Yes. That was one of my points.
But I think Sl is
posting here because those of us who have tried to
work with WHEELER are frustrated to the point of
giving up.
Again, that's their fault. They should apply their talents where they
are effective, and leave the rest alone.
I hope you, Chris, will begin to work on
compromise and wikilove with WHEELER -- if you are
successful, you're a better man than I am.
Better is POV.
And it may
be that you will discover that the quoted comment
isn't one misinterpretation by SL of a researched fact
of WHEELER's, but rather it is the tip of an iceberg
of bigotry and intolerance.
Then it sould have been stated as such. Again, calling on a ban for
one infraction without mentioning the sum of the infractions is not
very good communication.
I wish you luck in your
work with him.
Never said I was going to. Got other fish to fry.
Sorry for the americanism in the expression to the international readers.
=====
Chris Mahan
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chris_mahan(a)yahoo.com
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