[WikiEN-l] Human dignity

[Anthony]

On 7/15/06, Stephen Bain <stephen.bain at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7/15/06, Bryan Derksen <bryan.derksen at shaw.ca> wrote:
> >
> > I don't even see what's so undignified about this particular incident
> > that anyone would argue it on that basis in the first place. Everyone
> > does boneheaded things from time to time.
>
> This particular incident may only be embarrassing; what is undignified
> is AP's reportage using a full name. What would likewise be
> undignified would be the immortalisation of this in a biography,
> forever linking this person's name with this event and this event
> alone (there is no other biographical information available), as if
> that was the sum total of their life.
>
I think that's in part due to the details of the incident, though.
Otherwise, we should probably delete [[John Couey]] and a whole host
of other articles on criminals.

Calling 911 to get a date is boneheaded.  Trying to force yourself
sexually onto a child is more than just boneheaded.

Anthony