"Poor, Edmund W" Edmund.W.Poor@abc.com writes:
I'm saying that it's /especially/ because of examples like this, where one person is so sure of the 'truth' that he asserts only a "delusional" person could disagree, that we /must/ adhere to the NPOV when writing Wikipedia articles.
I know. I was trying to ridicule the previous writer by stating *my* opinions as if they were fact.
My recommended changes should *not* be made *for exactly the same
(Actually, that Wilson segregated Federal buildings is a fact and *should* be in the article. As Theresa said, what we needn't do is add state whether this made him a bad person.)
Moral relativism is a fact. Moral standards change, and have changed over time.
For example : Suppose a US politician said this in a debate --
"There is a physical difference between the races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality"
I can add that to his page in two ways : I can write
"In debate, he stated that he believed `There is a physical difference between the races ...'"
or
"He held a number of racist and racial separatist views, stating that `There is a physical difference between the races ...'"
Now, by Fred's "logic", and calling a spade a spade, I'm going to call this politician on his racism, as only someone delusional could believe those were the opinions of a man who wasn't a racist.
But the rest of us, who know who moral standards differ between places and eras, are going to think that looks pretty odd in the middle of [[Abraham Lincoln]].