There are very few views that are viewed as so taboo as paedophilia. And let's be
honest here - you wouldn't ask either of those two users to babysit for you, so
let's stop the nonsense about "open-mindedness". I'm not open-minded
about grown men wanting to have sex with pre-pubescent girls - and I imagine that goes for
99%+ of the population.
As far as you asking me not to be emotive about it - that's silly - who wouldn't
be emotive about it (and I'm not even a parent)!
Let me ask the question again - is Wikipedia a haven for paedophiles? If so, I can see
many parents banning their children from using it - to the detriment of us all.
Jon
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----Hash: SHA1Jon wrote:> I've recently noticed that
we have a small number of self-confessed paedophile Wikipedians - who, as you can imagine,
edit paedophile-related articles apologising for paedophilia, encouraging us to accept it
as normal. Should we not kick these people out of Wikipedia. At the very least they are
encouraging others to commit crimes (by arguing that paedophilia is perfectly
acceptable).> > By way of example - see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:LuxOfTKGL
and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Zanthalon.> > I know Wikipedia is a broad
church, full of people with different backgrounds and beliefs. But whichever way you look
at it, paedophilia is against societal norms. As it is we have to warn teachers and
parents that Wikipedia is not child-safe because of certain explicit images - do we also
want to have to tell them it isn't child-safe as we welcome paedophiles as equals?>
> (Incidentally, the developers would be well-advised
to do IP checks on these users and tell the police whatever they find out, as it is clear
that self-confessed paedophiles need to be watched very carefully.)> > Jon (jguk)
Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and must remain balanced. We don't saywhether paedophilia
is right or wrong, we say what it is, why people maydo it, what causes them to do it, and
society's views on it.If these people are making statements saying paedophilia is
morallyright, or in fact, morally wrong, then that is not acceptable. If theyare providing
encylopediac information relating to why people may bepaedophiles, etc. I think that is
beneficial for Wikipedia.Be careful of using emotive language, and banning people for
theirthoughts is not what I'd like to see. Ban people for their actions, butnot for
what they think.Chris
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