On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 7:38 PM, David Levy <lifeisunfair(a)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.