Re: disclaimer for *.answers

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Martin Leese - OMG (mleese@omg.unb.ca)
Sun, 27 Jun 1999 19:03:45 -0300 (ADT)

On the FAQ-Maintainers list Doug Herbert <dherbert@tradskin.org> wrote:
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>> Canada has it's Charter of Rights and Freedoms guaranteeing our right to
>> freedom of speech, association, etc., just as every civilized nation
>> does. On top of that you have United Nations resolutions<?> to that
>> same effect.

The United Kingdom has neither a Charter of Rights and Freedoms nor
a written Constitution. (I decline to discuss whether the UK is
civilised.) The United Nations was designed to be powerless.

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>> It's easier to kill a man than to change his mind. Should we really
>> kill the man, or isn't it better to make the extra effort to change his
>> mind?

Please try to maintain a sense of proportion. David is a voluteer
who doesn't feel he should have to put up with being flamed over the
content of FAQs that he didn't write. He said that the addition of
his suggested disclaimer has already reduced this in one case.

>> Being easy doesn't make anything right. Being hard doesn't make
>> anything wrong.
>>
>> David's solution is an easy way out for him and it's wrong.

Yes, it is an easy way out for David and, as he is a voluteer, why
shouldn't we help to make his job easier? What David wants is only
wrong in your opinion; in my opinion what he wants is perfectly
reasonable.

Regards,
Martin
E-mail: mleese@omg.unb.ca
Web: <http://www.omg.unb.ca/~mleese/>
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