On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 7:38 PM, David Levy lifeisunfair@gmail.com wrote:
Anthony wrote:
Then my response is quite simple. Blocking some pedophiles before they can cause trouble is better than blocking none of them before they can cause trouble.
And what do you believe is likely to occur when these pedophiles are blocked "before they can cause trouble"?
We have no inherent justification to report their IP addresses to their ISPs or law enforcement agencies, so their accounts are merely blocked. And then what do they do? Leave? Perhaps. But the ones intent on actually using Wikipedia to recruit victims (assuming that they exist) probably will simply register new accounts (via different IP addresses, if need be), this time being careful to avoid divulging any information connecting pedophilia with their new accounts.
Sounds about right.