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On 11-03-09 7:07 AM, Michael Vilain wrote:
> In article<8tokpqFafhU1@mid.individual.net>,
>   Jeffrey Goldberg<nobody@goldmark.org>  wrote:

>>> ...and you expect anyone from the middle to the right on the political
>>> spectrum to help you out here, given your naive sig?

>> Wow. Are you telling me that there are people who would withhold
>> technical advice because they disagree with someone's politics?

> You've obviously never heard of the Westboro Community Church.  They
> picket soldiers funerals, funerals of gay teen suicide victims,
> politicians, liberal schools with gay/straight alliances.  Anonymous
> hacked their web site.  Would I help fix it?  Nope.

As with anything there are limits, but Jason was talking about positions 
that fall well within the "normal" political spectrum.

I would certainly love to give Westboro Baptist "advice", but since they 
faked the Anonymous announcement to just get publicity and play victim I 
suspect they are happy with the results.

One reason that political discussion "works" here better than in 
political groups is that we are already a community based on something 
other than political or religious views. So I enjoy the occasional 
political statement here from people like Davoud and Kurt[1] because in 
other contexts they would never be talking politics in the same place.

But this works because people like Davoud and Kurt have already earned a 
substantial degree of respect that has nothing to do with their 
political views.

Cheers,

-j

[1]: Note I am not saying that Davoud and Kurt Ulman are equally distant 
from the "norm". They are just two names that popped into my head for an 
examples.

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