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Mind you, I love America, and many Americans. The country's and their image, however, is damaged severely in the eyes of the rest of the world by those whose values come from a very conservative interpretation of the Bible.
Mind you, I love America, and many Americans. The country's and their image, however, is damaged severely in the eyes of the rest of the world by those whose values come from a very conservative interpretation of the Bible.
Sadly, the words above have led to an American editor saying that I am displaying "''opposition to American editors as your mission statement on your user page, complaining about US spelling style and claiming, among other things, that the country's reputation had allegedly been damaged by its interpretation of the Bible.''"
I wonder why some people living in the world's most powerful nation feel so insecure as to have to resort to such misrepresentation.
I've decided to take a non-swearing vow. It will be a challenge, because swearing is common where I work, and I do get frustrated when I see bullshit masquerading as truth. (Is ''bullshit'' swearing?)
The reasons are not trivial. I've managed to upset some conservatives here and been dragged to AN/I several times. (One "''conviction''".) Every single time, especially, but not only in the case of the conviction, the "evidence" presented to prove my guilt has included a multitude of lies. I have upset some editors by coming on strongly against their bullshit (even when I don't swear), and it seems to make them want to do anything to get rid of me. I don't lie, and and am always stunned when so many others do, so outrageously, so often. Maybe I shouldn't be.
The problem with the lies is that it becomes an avalanche. A single accused editor has no hope of defending himself against it. Whether or not there is truth among the lies, and a valid case is being presented among the bullshit, the bullshit remains on display. Even if the whole case is thrown out (as happened recently) the lies remain on display in a closed thread that nobody is supposed to touch. The accused has no way of getting it removed. There's some about me on display right now.
Sadly, Wikipedia seems far more comfortable with lies than with swearing. (I do wonder which part of the world's culture's this comes from?)
So, no more swearing from me, even at Pete/Skyring.
I'm a small time player in the Wikipedia space, interested in geographical entries in my own neighbourhood and other places where I've spent some time, plus many other eclectic things.
A bit of a pedant, I can be seen fixing grammar and spelling here and there. I especially enjoy re-correcting incorrect corrections made by usually American editors who are seemingly unaware that there is more than one way to spell many words in English. It's a true labour of love.
I also find it necessary to protect Wikipedia against, again, mostly American editors who want to impose conservative, middle American Christian values here. Apparently Conservapedia isn't enough for them. And I've never seen a naked nipple hurt anybody.
Mind you, I love America, and many Americans. The country's and their image, however, is damaged severely in the eyes of the rest of the world by those whose values come from a very conservative interpretation of the Bible.
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A depressing response to the above
Sadly, the words above have led to an American editor saying that I am displaying "opposition to American editors as your mission statement on your user page, complaining about US spelling style and claiming, among other things, that the country's reputation had allegedly been damaged by its interpretation of the Bible."
I wonder why some people living in the world's most powerful nation feel so insecure as to have to resort to such misrepresentation.
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A non-swearing vow (Lying is safer)
I've decided to take a non-swearing vow. It will be a challenge, because swearing is common where I work, and I do get frustrated when I see bullshit masquerading as truth. (Is bullshit swearing?)
The reasons are not trivial. I've managed to upset some conservatives here and been dragged to AN/I several times. (One "conviction".) Every single time, especially, but not only in the case of the conviction, the "evidence" presented to prove my guilt has included a multitude of lies. I have upset some editors by coming on strongly against their bullshit (even when I don't swear), and it seems to make them want to do anything to get rid of me. I don't lie, and and am always stunned when so many others do, so outrageously, so often. Maybe I shouldn't be.
The problem with the lies is that it becomes an avalanche. A single accused editor has no hope of defending himself against it. Whether or not there is truth among the lies, and a valid case is being presented among the bullshit, the bullshit remains on display. Even if the whole case is thrown out (as happened recently) the lies remain on display in a closed thread that nobody is supposed to touch. The accused has no way of getting it removed. There's some about me on display right now.
Sadly, Wikipedia seems far more comfortable with lies than with swearing. (I do wonder which part of the world's culture's this comes from?)
So, no more swearing from me, even at Pete/Skyring.
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