On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 19:09, Gregory Kohs <thekoh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Geni, you (and others) seem to place a lot of stock in "parent > responsibility": > > http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2009-November/056095.html > > Work with me for a moment here... if a parent takes her 9-year-old boy to > the toy boutique, and the boy asks to stay outside on the sidewalk with the > pantomime clown the store has hired to promote their business, and the mom > says "okay", goes inside, then the boy wanders down the sidewalk a bit to > look at the window display of toy trains, but is then abducted by a > stranger, raped, mutilated, and dumped in the woods, that is the > responsibility of the parent? The consequences are entirely her fault for > leaving the kid alone with the clown? Nobody else holds any responsibility > whatsoever in that event? > > Are you saying that it's more important that the mime stay in character and > not use either his own common sense or courtesy, or perhaps follow > instructions or guidelines that have been conferred on him by either the > store or his entertainment company employer to say, "Please don't leave your > child unattended with me, ma'am. Liability, you know?"
A mime in this situation is there to attract children Wikipedia isn't. A better comparison would be the Disney website. henna -- "Maybe you knew early on that your track went from point A to B, but unlike you I wasn't given a map at birth!" Alyssa, "Chasing Amy" _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
