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But Maxwell thinks



QUOTE We block accounts and IPs that are unable or are unwilling to control

themselves and behave in a productive manner.



If someone is enough of a harm to justify a technical block from "X"

then they really should be blocked completely. We are not so short on

people that we should be accepting harmful folks and trying to limit

them technically to the spaces where they will only do the least harm.

... Harmful users should be blocked.



It just seems like a very condescending attitude to me. It's so intolerant of dissent. And, the whole tone is one of "ownership" -- like Wikipedia is Greg Maxwell's personal web site. His use of the phrase "harmful folks" is a page right out of the George W. Bush textbook on terrorism, too -- folksy authoritarianism.



Maybe it's just that he drives pristine motorboats, and 99.8% of the rest of us don't, ergo...







Cars that are parked on a yellow stripe should be towed, impounded, and sold at auction, such that they may never double-park again.



People who litter should be jailed, such that they shall never deface our environment again.



Taxpayers who falsify their itemized deductions should forfeit all of their money to the government.



And, harmful users should be blocked.



Greg I don't have anything against User:Gmaxwell , but his recent post on a WikiEN-l discussion was unnerving. They are talking about setting up a "kinder, gentler" block, which would prohibit specific users from editing specific article pages. I.e., keep the intelligent design editors off the evolution pages, I presume -- even if they can be productive editors in the synchronized swimming pages.But Maxwell thinks it's a bad idea It just seems like a very condescending attitude to me. It's so intolerant of dissent. And, the wholeis one of "ownership" -- like Wikipedia is Greg Maxwell's personal web site. His use of the phrase "harmful folks" is a page right out of the George W. Bush textbook on terrorism, too -- folksy authoritarianism.Maybe it's just that he drives pristine motorboats, and 99.8% of the rest of us don't, ergo...Cars that are parked on a yellow stripe should be towed, impounded, and sold at auction, such that they may never double-park again.People who litter should be jailed, such that they shall never deface our environment again.Taxpayers who falsify their itemized deductions should forfeit all of their money to the government.And, harmful users should be blocked.Greg