On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 10:26 AM, stevertigo <[email protected]> wrote: > stevertigo <[email protected]> wrote: >>> How does IAR help limit Civility violations, personal attacks, and slander? > Tony Sidaway <[email protected]> wrote: >> It doesn't. It is also remarkably ineffective against swine flu. >> Just because a policy does not work miracles, does not mean it is > not >> useful. > > Ok. But incivility *is* a serious problem, just like... AIDS. > > So it makes sense to address the problem directly -- research into > cures, vaccines, precautionary notifications, safe sex techniques, > repressive therapies, palliative care, etc. -- and to remove those > things like IAR, which like other careless notions -- sharing needles, > receiving blood, going bareback -- only tend to lead to un-miraculous > results.
You're jumping from "IAR does not cure all" (no disagreement) to "IAR is harmful and must be removed", which does not logically follow. -- -george william herbert [email protected] _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
