[Sigia-l] Five questions about the future of this community

[Jesse James Garrett]

Is our collective knowledge enriched by an environment in which new 
contributors are discouraged from participating by the prospect of 
being subjected to vitriol and ridicule?

Does it serve the profession to have its premier forum function as a 
junior high debate club where every discussion is framed as an argument 
with winners and losers, and he who has the last word wins?

Does an individual's "right to participate" trump the community's right 
not to have meaningful discussion stifled by knee-jerk antagonism and 
unrelenting bickering?

Are we made stronger by our willingness to look the other way while a 
simple bully runs roughshod over one discussion after another?

Does it reflect our values to have a community that shows so little 
regard for civility and mutual respect?