[WikiEN-l] Peodophiles and wikipedia

[Ray Saintonge]

Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote:
> At 06:00 AM 12/25/2007, Will Beback wrote:
>   
>> Countless topics have engaged POV fighters. This topic is worth
>> attention because of the maturity and tenaciousness of its proponents.
>> Those of us who've been around a while remember various clumsy efforts
>> to distort WP articles by special-interest groups, like the neo-Nazi
>> StormFront crew, etc. Pedophilia is similar but different due to the
>> sophistication of the POV editors.
>>
>> It takes uninterested editors to balance the material. Please be among them.
>>     
> I'll try. But I'm not "uninterested." I have a policy of not editing 
> articles where I have no interest at all in the subject, because I'm, 
> then, quite likely to not understand the topic. 
Though we may have different POVs on the subject, disinterest will be 
enough to keep me away.  Having such uninterested people work on these 
articles is commendable in theory, but most of us have plenty of other 
interests.  We would see these topics as bottomless sinkholes of wasted 
time.
> I have a POV, but I 
> use my POV to detect bias. I'm disinterested in the sense that I 
> value the project more than any POV, including my own.
>
> I have some experience with counseling pedophiles, though only those 
> who got caught. So I know the people, in a few cases, behind that 
> mask and label. And I also know a few of those who suffered from 
> contact with them.
The problem here is not just that they are pedophiles, but that they 
want to boast about it to a large audience.  My impression of most 
pedophiles is that they do not want their activities made public.

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