Gareth beat me to it, as I was about to say the same thing. As a further example the east germany article states " German workers demonstrated in East Berlin and other industrial centers demanding free elections. Later that day, Soviet troops and tanks suppressed the demonstrations with the loss of a few hundred lives."

I think this clearly demonstrates that the east german people wanted their own government but were suppressed by the soviets.

Let us not underestimate the intelligence of our readers. It is not necessary to say "Mr So and So was really bad man" We can simple tell them "Mr So and So did this this and this" and let them make their own minds up.

Theresa

-----Original Message----- From: Gareth Owen [mailto:wiki@gwowen.freeserve.co.uk] Sent: 12 February 2004 16:34 To: wikien-l@wikipedia.org Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] The integrity of Wikipedia

Rick giantsrick13@yahoo.com writes:

I agree 100% with Fred. 172 is in the process of whitewashing the bio of every dictator who has ever lived. Robert Mugabe is being portrayed as a victim of colonial oppression, he's never done anything bad in his life, apparently.

The Mugabe article mentions that Desmond Tutu calls him a dictator, Amnesty International condemns him for human rights abuses, GWB imposed sanctions for "undermining good governance", that Mugabe is banned from the EU and that Zimbabwe was suspended from the Commonwealth.

How much extra moral authority do you think *your* opinion is going to provide?