In a message dated 4/13/2008 10:00:04 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, joeyyuan@cox.net writes:
Wikipedia has a big flaw: neutrality. The core principle of writing from a "neutral" point of view is contradictory: it has a point of view in itself, and the point of view is supposedly against points of view.>>
This is essentially an issue of semantics.
on 4/13/08 7:47 PM, WJhonson@aol.com at WJhonson@aol.com wrote:
If you hate bigots are you a bigot? Or are you a meta-bigot? "You're a hater, because you hate haters!"
Essentially the same logic applies to your above statement. "Neutral point-of-view" is not a point-of-view, it is the absence of any point-of-view.
I agree with you, Will. Actually, NPOV should mean "No Point Of View".
Marc Riddell