On 2/22/06, Keith Old keithold@gmail.com wrote:
The question is do we have articles on every person convicted of such an offence in Ohio or elsewhere. The answer is we don't nor do we have articles on the vast majority of them. The reason that we have an article on Peppers is that he is disabled and that some people have decided to single him out on a couple of websites. That doesn't excuse his behaviour but it doesn't justify an article.
The fact that we're even having this discussion should point out that Peppers is "not just another disabled groper". He's not notable because he's disabled, and he's not notable because of this offence. He's notable (to whatever extent) because people circulate his photo around and talk about him. In much the same way as that baseballer who lost the world series by letting a ball go through his legs is notable - not as a great baseballer, but because of the enormous publicity surrounding that event.
Of course, if people really don't talk about Peppers that much, then there's no reason to create an article here just to titillate a few teenagers.
Steve