[WikiEN-l] The 3RR is an electric fence, not an entitlement.

Mon Oct 10 09:51:40 UTC 2005

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> >You can call it tit-for-tat, but when a clique has control of a page, and is 
> >claiming a certain standard in rejecting your edits such as "dictator" being 
> >POV and pejorative even when applied to a world class dictator like 
> >Fidel Castro, you can at least embarass them some with their hypocrisy 
> >if they insist on maintaining the term for a petty corrupt dictator such 
> >as Batista. His oppression only extended to the measures necessary 
> >to keep him in power and luxury. There is a difference between 
> >being anti-democratic for selfish reasons, and essentially enslaving 
> >(because they can't leave) a pool of cheap labor to implement 
> >your grand plans for the economy. 
> > 
> If this weren't so hilarious I would be tempted to see it as the ravings 
> of an anti-Catro lunatic. The notion that a person who bases his 
> dictatorship on personal gain and profit is morally superior to one who 
> does so in order to achieve honest reforms is beyond belief. 

Try believing it.  One at least lets you leave and even come back if
you want to, without holding your family hostage.  Sure the
totalitarian is will to improve his stock of slaves by educating 
them because he knows he will get to reap the benefits, after
all, they will find it difficult to escape.
                    -- Silverback