[Foundation-l] Free speech

2010-10-10 Thread Peter Damian
My apologies for the Godwinism. I am a writer, the idea of preventing someone expressing a viewpoint is reprehensible. Disruption to the project of building a comprehensive and reliable reference source is one thing. That is a matter of a 'preventative block'. Punitive blocks intended to

Re: [Foundation-l] Free speech

2010-10-10 Thread Michael Peel
Hi Peter, On 9 Oct 2010, at 11:15, Peter Damian wrote: My apologies for the Godwinism. I am a writer, the idea of preventing someone expressing a viewpoint is reprehensible. Disruption to the project of building a comprehensive and reliable reference source is one thing. That is a

Re: [Foundation-l] Free speech

2010-10-10 Thread Peter Damian
- Original Message - From: Michael Peel em...@mikepeel.net To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2010 8:49 PM Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Free speech if an irrational argument is preventing you from sharing logical arguments