stevertigo <stv...@gmail.com> wrote: >> How does IAR help limit Civility violations, personal attacks, and slander? Tony Sidaway <tonysida...@gmail.com> 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. -Stevertigo "mailboxes drip like lampposts... _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l