Comments on: Pray for Essjay http://completegeek.nfshost.com/2007/03/02/pray-for-essjay/ Of science and the human heart Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:02:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Faith Callihan http://completegeek.nfshost.com/2007/03/02/pray-for-essjay/#comment-91 Sat, 10 Mar 2007 20:16:10 +0000 http://completegeek.nfshost.com/2007/03/02/pray-for-essjay/#comment-91 Hey Oscar! How're things going for you over there in NJ? I hope you're enjoying living in the US. :-) ". . . overwhelming someone’s talk page with abusive comments is not the proper way to go about dealing with things." Yes, you're right, Oscar. Actually I don't know anything about what happened, but I do agree with you there. It's incredible how our culture has subconsiously(or perhaps even consiously) decided that jumping all over someone when they do wrong is the best way to take care of it. Of course, the person should be judged and ought to admitt that he did wrong. But that *doesn't* mean that we should put them through so much scorn. *Especially* when it's not our place to do so. God bless, Oscar! *smiles* Hey Oscar! How’re things going for you over there in NJ? I hope you’re enjoying living in the US. :-)

“. . . overwhelming someone’s talk page with abusive comments is not the proper way to go about dealing with things.”
Yes, you’re right, Oscar. Actually I don’t know anything about what happened, but I do agree with you there. It’s incredible how our culture has subconsiously(or perhaps even consiously) decided that jumping all over someone when they do wrong is the best way to take care of it. Of course, the person should be judged and ought to admitt that he did wrong. But that *doesn’t* mean that we should put them through so much scorn. *Especially* when it’s not our place to do so.

God bless, Oscar! *smiles*

]]> by: Anonymous http://completegeek.nfshost.com/2007/03/02/pray-for-essjay/#comment-84 Tue, 06 Mar 2007 14:26:00 +0000 http://completegeek.nfshost.com/2007/03/02/pray-for-essjay/#comment-84 The purpose of laws and courts is not to replace the ability of people to directly express themselves. A users talkpage on WP is an established means of voicing criticism about the conduct of users, admins, and officials. Essay is overwhelmed only because his conduct has offended so many other users. WP admins have taken some modest steps to stifle the discussion, blanking and protecting his user page (although history is still available), semi protecting related discussions. Although these steps do not seem too heavy handed, it is best to just let the discussion play out. The purpose of laws and courts is not to replace the ability of people to directly express themselves. A users talkpage on WP is an established means of voicing criticism about the conduct of users, admins, and officials. Essay is overwhelmed only because his conduct has offended so many other users. WP admins have taken some modest steps to stifle the discussion, blanking and protecting his user page (although history is still available), semi protecting related discussions. Although these steps do not seem too heavy handed, it is best to just let the discussion play out.

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