Poor, Edmund W wrote:
What are everyone's thoughts on Eileen's evaluation of our editorial policy on articles relating to abortion?
The result is exactly the same as what I expect would happen were someone virulently "pro-life" (or "anti-choice" if you prefer) to write to complain to us that our use of sanitized medical terminology is "whitewashing babykilling" and that we should change our articles accordingly. There's really no way to satisfy someone who would like to foist a particular point of view on a controversial issue like this.
I'd imagine we'll get the same problems if someone (professor or otherwise, from either side) writes in wanting us to change our editorial policy on the Israeli vs. Palestinian issue.
http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_standards_kick may also be relevant.
-Mark