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

Reply via email to