However, should someone uncover a real conspiracy, any attempt to reveal it to others would be discussion of a conspiracy theory, and therefore forbidden. "Theory" does not mean "nonexistent"; the fact that the theory of gravity exists does not mean that gravity does not exist.
-- John F. Eldredge -- [email protected] "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] (Pierre-Alain Dorange) Sender: [email protected] Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 13:31:36 To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] BDFL & Moderation M?rtin Koppenhoefer <[email protected]> wrote: > > • No conspiracy theories > ... > > could this be amended by "unless there is a real conspiracy"? > Otherwise our hands might be tied in case there is a conspiracy. "no conspiracy theories" seems clear. A real conspiracy is not a theory. "conspiracy theories" are always trolls -- Pierre-Alain Dorange _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
