[Foundation-l] Pedophilia and the Non discrimination policy

Jussi-Ville Heiskanen cimonavaro at gmail.com
Sun Nov 29 19:29:17 UTC 2009


Bod Notbod wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 12:06 AM, David Levy <lifeisunfair at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>   
>>> Let's just have Paedo-Wiki and be done with it.
>>>
>>> We have wikis for over 200 languages. It would be wrong not to allow
>>> paedos to express themselves.
>>>       
>> I recognize your sarcasm, but not your point.
>>     
>
> Well, I guess I just don't know where this conversation is going.
>
> A paedophile might know a lot about the Spanish Civil War and could
> usefully add stuff.
>
> A murderer might know a lot about Pokemon.
>
> A rapist might know a lot about physics.
>
> It's not like we're going to know the personality involved, so surely
> we just have to accept that editors come in all shapes and sizes and
> let them get on with it.
>
>   

Just as a point of interest, do we block people currently
incarcerated from editing?

I have a vague recollection that one of the most voluminous
contributors to the original edition of the Oxford English
Dictionary, was actually a prisoner...


Yours,

Jussi-Ville Heiskanen





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