[WikiEN-l] Re: Shouldn't we kick paedophiles off Wikipedia?

Ray Saintonge saintonge at telus.net
Mon Jul 11 00:50:26 UTC 2005


Jon wrote:

>There are very few views that are viewed as so taboo as paedophilia. And let's be honest here - you wouldn't ask either of those two users to babysit for you, so let's stop the nonsense about "open-mindedness". I'm not open-minded about grown men wanting to have sex with pre-pubescent girls - and I imagine that goes for 99%+ of the population.
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>As far as you asking me not to be emotive about it - that's silly - who wouldn't be emotive about it (and I'm not even a parent)!
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>Let me ask the question again - is Wikipedia a haven for paedophiles? If so, I can see many parents banning their children from using it - to the detriment of us all.
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Failing to condemn paedophilia does not mean supporting it.

Ec




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