--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "peterklutz" <peterklutz@> wrote: > > > > I'd rather descirbe myself as the sole catalyst, though I'd > > prefer to think of it in terms of shining some light in a > > very dark place - with the result that a variety of nocturnal > ? bugs in panic realized daybreak is come :-) > > You really don't realize that this is exactly how > the fanatics on the 'other side' view what they're > doing, and you, do you? You share a mindset of > fanaticism, just on different sides of the issue...
In other words, IMO the Wikipedia was correct in declaring the articles on TM off-limits to fanatics on either "side." I'm currently involved with projects that have to do with user-maintained technical document- ation, which is prey to the same sorts of things. Most of the time it works out, and people limit themselves to correcting an inaccuracy or clari- fying a point that was less than clear in the original. (Such as the Linux user community.) But every so often flame wars develop, as users bring their egos into the equation, and then all the less-fanatical users have to suffer as dueling egos take turns erasing one comment and replacing it with their (supposedly) "better" comment. It's a damned shame. Whatever happened to the concept of it being OK to have different opinions on a subject, and allowing both opinions to be seen? The alternative seems to me to be a kind of "white man's burden" mentality that says, "I cannot allow the poor, helpless masses to be exposed to less than the Truth (which I know, of course), so I have to get rid of the positive (or negative) view of this issue and replace it with the "proper" negative (or positive) view of the issue. Silly, and embarrassing for all concerned IMO... ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Groups gets a make over. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/mDk17A/lOaOAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
