On Thu, 13 Jul 2006 18:34:47 -0400, Anthony <wikilegal(a)inbox.org>
wrote:
> How many articles do we have on people known only
for their
> deformities? The only one I can think of is Joseph Merrick.
I have no idea how many. I also don't think
it's accurate to say that
Peppers is known *only* for his deformities. There are plenty of
people more deformed than Peppers, after all.
Really? So what else is he famous for? Apart from people laughing at
his deformities? The extent of them is not relevant to this question,
obviously.
> Ahem - that's *attempted* gross sexual
imposition (which specifically
> excludes actual sexual contact). The man is by all accounts disabled
> and his address is a nursing home.
Snopes says "registered due to a conviction for
Gross Sexual
Imposition in Lucas County, Ohio, in 1998". It doesn't say
"attempted". Maybe Snopes is wrong. And maybe if Wikipedia had an
article on Peppers it would be easier to find out if Snopes is wrong.
The conviction record does say attempted. This illustrates quite
powerfully the entire problem with an article on Peppers: there is so
little to go on that without original research there is virtually
nothing that can be said. We don't even have contemporaneous news
reports.
Guy (JzG)
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