Yeah, what Finne said. Thanks for the straw man, though. FMF
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 1:24 PM, Finne Boonen <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 19:09, Gregory Kohs <[email protected]> wrote: > > Geni, you (and others) seem to place a lot of stock in "parent > > responsibility": > > > > > http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2009-November/056095.html > > > > Work with me for a moment here... if a parent takes her 9-year-old boy to > > the toy boutique, and the boy asks to stay outside on the sidewalk with > the > > pantomime clown the store has hired to promote their business, and the > mom > > says "okay", goes inside, then the boy wanders down the sidewalk a bit to > > look at the window display of toy trains, but is then abducted by a > > stranger, raped, mutilated, and dumped in the woods, that is the > > responsibility of the parent? The consequences are entirely her fault > for > > leaving the kid alone with the clown? Nobody else holds any > responsibility > > whatsoever in that event? > > > > Are you saying that it's more important that the mime stay in character > and > > not use either his own common sense or courtesy, or perhaps follow > > instructions or guidelines that have been conferred on him by either the > > store or his entertainment company employer to say, "Please don't leave > your > > child unattended with me, ma'am. Liability, you know?" > > A mime in this situation is there to attract children Wikipedia isn't. > A better comparison would be the Disney website. > > henna > > > > -- > "Maybe you knew early on that your track went from point A to B, but > unlike you I wasn't given a map at birth!" Alyssa, "Chasing Amy" > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
