Daniel Mayer wrote:
I agree. "Partial-birth abortion" simply is
too POV for us to use because of
the use of the word " birth."
Agreed. But of course we do need an article on 'Partial-birth
abortion', an article distinct from an article about any medical
procedure, explaining what the term is, how it is used, and why.
This negates our "common use" naming
convention
in a similar way as "Eskimo" is depreciated in favor of the less widely-used
"Inuit" ("Eskimo" is a derogatory term meaning "eaters of raw
fish" while
"Inuit" means "the people").
Presumably, though, we should have an article "Eskimo" about the word,
linking to "Inuit" the people?
So if I can't say that Pol Pot was a genocidal
maniac responsible for the
murder of over 2 million of his own people and have to instead dryly state
that "During his rule up to two million Cambodians were killed",
Is that a specific example? I don't think that there would be much
controversy in attributing those deaths to Pol Pot's decisions and
policies, would there? Even Noam Chomsky would likely admit that
much.
--Jimbo