On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 3:57 PM, WJhonson@aol.com wrote:
By the way the vast majority of BLP isn't about "slander" per se, imho. It's about "oh why are we hurting someone's feelings...." or even just "we *might* hurt someone's feelings".
That's not what BLP is about. It's about not causing real damage to somebody's reputation. This can affect more than feelings, it can have an indirect (but very real) effect on someone's finances when they get turned down for jobs. I don't think Wikipedia by and large has ever given a damn about feelings.
Note that I'm not saying that I think the current state of BLP is correct at all.