-----Original Message----- From: Fred Bauder [mailto:fredbaud@ctelco.net] Sent: 09 September 2004 17:47 To: English Wikipedia Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Robert Brookes
I think referring to him as "this prick" is not cool despite his
referring
to you as part of the "lunatic fringe".
Fred
Of course you are right and I apologize. I just got very irritated over the smegma article. Because of edit warring this article had around 100 edits yet still remained stubby. My first edit was to try to a compromise wording to try and satisfy both sides of the argument. RB reverted. I tried to reason with him. RB insulted. So I stopped talking to him but instead tried to work on expanding the article. There was a phrase that said smegma contained antiviral and antibacterial agents and also protected against irritation from urine. I could find no evidence to support the antviral or protection from urine claim so I removed them (Presumably RB would have been pleased with this) However there was evidence of antibacterial properties so I wrote.
"Smegma contains the enzyme lysozyme which attacks the cell walls of many Gram positive bacteria causing them to burst. Presumably this prevents the massive build up of harmful bacteria in what would otherwise be an ideal environment for them. Lysozyme is only able to lyse certain Gram positive bacteria. Some are resistant. The non-pathogenic mycobacterium M. smegmatis is not affected by lysozyme and grows rapidly in smegma."
RB wrote on the talk page:
"What a lot of garbage. What has this to do with smegma? Give me one good reason why this rubbish should remain in the smegma article? - Robert Brookes 04:39, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC) Interesting to see another anti-circumcision activist come to Theresa's assistance. I hope no one asks what has all this business of lysozyme got to do with circumcision. Give it a little time and a few tweeks and all will become apparent. - Robert Brookes 05:01, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC)"
GRRRRRRRR!!!!!!! The fact that my writing had bugger all to do with circumcision is seen as evidence that I am a sneaky activist trying to insert anti circumcision POV "by stealth".
Anyway that's why I was annoyed. That and the fact that my lasted edits have all been to do with penis related articles so I've got pricks on the brain ;-)
Theresa