[Foundation-l] Pedophilia and the Non discrimination policy

[Anthony]

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