[WikiEN-l] Re: Wikipedia and autism

Wed Oct 12 15:48:41 UTC 2005

> On 10/12/05, Poor, Edmund W <Edmund.W.Poor at abc.com> wrote:
> >
> > We can sympathize more, of course, but we need
> > to maintain one standard for all.

Tony replied:

> What worries me here is that we patently *don't*.  Should we 
> ever block an editor who's clearly demonstrating good faith, 
> is not violating any policy of Wikipedia, but isn't complying 
> absolutely 100% with all the guidelines?  Of course not, you 
> say, that's absurd, we'd never do such a thing.
> 
> But this is precisely what was done to Maoririder twice 
> within one week of his arriving here.
> 
> 
> Why does it happen?  What unacknowledged bit of 
> vindictiveness existing in the human spirit enabled this to 
> be done by people who told themselves that they were doing so 
> for the best of motives?

In my religion, doing a bad thing with a "good motive" still counts as a
sin. Results count. 

Uncle Ed