[WikiEN-l] Opinion of the many?

Tue Nov 30 06:50:33 UTC 2004

R E Broadley (20041111 at stardate.freeserve.co.uk) [041130 17:41]:

> Why am I quoting this? What the professional iridologist an expert in 
> their field? I don't know this either, but if he was, I would suggest 
> his opinion should probably outweigh that of the majority of non-experts 
> in this field. The question remains: was the debate between experts and 
> experts, or experts and non-experts?

Irismeister was in fact banned for repeated bad behaviour and personal
attacks. The idea being that there are in fact enough knowledgeable people
who don't behave badly that there's absolutely no reason to put up with the
ones who do. Knowledge is not an excuse for behaving obnoxiously. (It can
be remarkably difficult getting this across to some.)

- d.