QUOTE(Peter Damian @ Sun 11th January 2009, 4:45pm)
And back to the point of this thread. Adherents of cults are well known to be impervious to any kind of rational argument. That's part of the definition of 'cult'.
So, a question for Lar, why are these people on Wikipedia? There are some easy tests one can apply to identify these people, hint, they are often very civil. Why aren't those with influence on Wikipedia addressing this issue as a matter of concern? Why are they only interested in attacking those who are raising this concern, such as myself, in extended personal attacks such as Lar made above? Answers?
Extended personal attacks? What are you talking about.
If you want me to answer questions it helps not to be too disparaging. Which is the totality of my point about civility. It's not a sufficient condition for contributing, but it is a necessary one (or it ought to be... I know WP has a lot of VestedContributors who get away with stuff and I don't like that one bit).
I'm concerned about people who are impervious to any kind of rational argument. I just don't know what to do about it. I think there have been a number of ArbCom cases about this matter, but as of yet there hasn't been a perfect solution. (or even a fairly good one).