Wikipedia doesn't "demonstrate otherwise" anymore than the error-riddled versions of Britannica have; indeed, in my experience Wiki is better at citing its sources than Britannica ever has been.
Now if the DHS employees had scrolled down to the "Cite Sources" section of the page and followed some links from there, we wouldn't all be pointing and laughing.
Wikipedia demonstrates otherwise because anyone can edit it. It subverts authority because everyone is aware that even they themselves could edit those articles, and that the experts who do edit the articles are people essentially just like them. It becomes uncomfortably clear how arbitrary the Truth is.
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Date: 2009-04-26 03:22 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2009-04-27 08:06 pm (UTC)Now if the DHS employees had scrolled down to the "Cite Sources" section of the page and followed some links from there, we wouldn't all be pointing and laughing.
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Date: 2009-04-27 08:49 pm (UTC)Really, everyone hates postmodernism. It's icky!
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