[WikiEN-l] Re: Chillove, pedophilia, NPOV, and Wikipedia

Jim Cecropia jcecropia at mail.com
Wed Jul 21 20:32:37 UTC 2004


The entire point of the pictures is that they mildly (you should see the OKmagazine covers I DIDN'T use) illustrate what the movement is really about, which is what makes them so important. I'm sorry that some are offended but remember that the offense stems from what they represent, which is the same as what the article represents.

I honestly and truly don't understand (especially in the intensity of the reactions) how anyone could believe that the posting of those images is propoganda in FAVOR of pedophiles.

--C


> Yes, however morally repugnant we and most of the
> world might find this, stating that there are some
> people who hold this POV and linking to material that
> they produce is NPOV. It is not acceptable to pretend
> that such people do not exist. We must, of course, put
> this in the context of the general feeling in society
> that this is reprehensible.
> Mark
> 
> 
> --- Timwi <timwi at gmx.net> wrote:
> > daniwo59 at aol.com wrote:
> > 
> > > This morning, I removed two images from
> > [[Childlove]]
> > 
> > Thanks for announcing it, so someone can revert it
> > ;-)
> > 
> > > Frankly, I am quite disgusted by this abuse of our
> > NPOV policy.
> > 
> > So now wanting to represent a POV is abuse of the
> > NPOV policy? That's 
> > interesting.
> > 
> > I haven't participated in this discussion so far
> > because this is a very 
> > sensitive subject, and because I didn't know much
> > about it until 
> > recently. This discussion got me interested, and I
> > read some of the 
> > stuff that was linked to in order to inform myself
> > of the pedophiles' 
> > point of view. It is a very radical point of view,
> > and one that is quite 
> > contrary to that of society at large, but that only
> > makes it all the 
> > more important for us to include it. Someone
> > mentioned early in this 
> > discussion that it would be dangerous for us to make
> > the impression that 
> > we are somehow endorsing pedophilia, but at the same
> > time, censoring 
> > this POV would be endorsing society's aversion,
> > which (apparently) 
> > pedophiles perceive as discrimination and prejudice.
> > 
> > I therefore strongly suggest we keep images that
> > document this POV (as 
> > long as they don't break any laws, of course).
> > 
> > Timwi
> > 
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