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Re: post-moderating this list


From: Dimitri Maziuk
Subject: Re: post-moderating this list
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 14:19:03 -0600
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On 12/21/2012 1:05 PM, Sergei Steshenko wrote:

According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morale :
...

Ah, the wiki of the thousand lies strikes again.

If you google for it, a lot of hits reference the wiki, but

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_beatings_will_continue_until_morale_improves

has a redirect to the one you quoted. Unless you add "&redirect=no" to the URL -- in which case you get a zero content page.

So all those references are now null and void and people who quote wikipedia in their writings are Making Sh*t Up(tm).

Thank Google for caches:

... More importantly, the phrase is used sarcastically to indicate the counterproductive nature of such punishment or excessive control over subordinates such as staff in the workplace or children living at home.

Dima



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