QUOTE(One @ Fri 20th November 2009, 4:10pm)
Consider that an arbitrator's only compensation is insults from anyone and everyone--perhaps people like you, who rail against arbitrators because they don't each read every Bible-long ArbCom workshop page, and who think that users of an internet site should be given due process rights rivaling those given to criminal defendants--without the paid lawyers or judges, of course.
Call me old-fashioned, by I believe that if anyone wants to share an opinion during a discussion, I listen to the opinion with respect and not slosh it off. And I believe that if someone is accused of doing something wrong that they should be allowed to have the right to voice their side of the story. Likewise, if someone is accused of wrongdoing, I don't support stonewalling or censorship in lieu of an honest answer.
QUOTE(One @ Fri 20th November 2009, 4:10pm)
I know that the job of WikiArbitrator might seem attractive to you in the abstract, but first consider that there are starving kids in China, wrongfully convicted innocents in prison, and unwritten Great American Novels--not to mention more mundane things like job hunting, gardening, and netflix.
The Chinese government (of which I am not a member) is responsible for its population. I am aware that the prison system swallows up innocent people - one of my best friends was jailed on bogus charges. And the Great American novel has been written - it just hasn't been published.
Plus, I've already stated that I see no purpose for Arbcom -- serious academic publishing endeavors do not require such a body.
QUOTE(One @ Fri 20th November 2009, 4:10pm)
Why should a rational adult misspend time this way? I would like to know; it's not a purely academic question.
I would recommend programming movies at the Pioneer Theater in New York City (which both of us, oddly enough, have done at one time). Sadly, that venue is gone.
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