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by tacticalturtle 594 days ago
Ok I’m going to withdraw because I’m a bit confused what you are advocating for.

I initially read:

> Wikipedia should take this out on average Indian citizens, and make them pay because Wikipedia was found to be at fault in a court of law.

> Makes sense

As sarcasm (which I acknowledge is tricky to parse on the internet! But it still strongly reads that way).

But from your later comment that was not the case?

2 comments

Missing sarcasm or seeing it when it isn’t there is the bane of forums. Adding a ‘/s’ is lame and detracts from sarcasm.
I was being sarcastic to the other commenter because I see complete withdrawal of Wikipedia from India as an absurd overreaction to what this case is about. That is what the parent comment is calling for, specifically, I quote "Wikipedia should just block India completely."

As to my reply to your comment, I recognize Wikipedia's right to not conduct their business in India if they chose to do so, for whatever reason. I interpret your comment as saying that there would be nothing wrong in Wikipedia exercising this right - which I agree with. So I stated my point earnestly that while I agree there is nothing wrong in exercising this right. It seems what it amounts to is that either the court rules in their favor, or they withdraw from India. If that is the expectation that India courts should just rule in their favor (even when they are in the wrong), then I am sorry but that is not acceptable.

Hope that clarifies things. Either way, I am going to withdraw from this discussion as well