2008/12/25 geni <geni...@gmail.com>: > 2008/12/25 Fred Bauder <fredb...@fairpoint.net>:
>>> Well where will it stop? If we have a project, we should have a memorial >>> project for all disasters. I echo Mr. Bimmler in his concerns about the >>> motives behind this proposal. >> I think half a dozen might do, one for the victims of Hitler, one for the >> victims of Stalin, one for the victims of Pol Pot, one for the victims of >> Mao, one for victims of the inquisition, etc, > What about Carthage? What about the native Americans (general > estimates are we managed to kill off about 90% of them without really > meeting them)? An Shi Rebellion? Mongol Conquests? Shaka's conquests? > They we get the political fun ones. The islamic invasion of india. > Arab slave trade. The Muslims killed of in china. Nanking Massacre. > Anticommunist purge in Indonesia. The various post independence > Pakistan /India/Bangladesh stuff. I submit that a wiki that could almost have been custom-designed to attract the worst of the interminable ethnic arguments of en:wp would have limited ability to produce educational content, but would be of vast educational use for sociological study. I'm not sure that *entirely* squares with the mission either. - d. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
