2008/6/22 WJhonson@aol.com:
"Naming" someone is not harassment, it is reporting. If you think it is, name one case, any case at all, where this theory has been successful in a finalized court proceeding. In the US.
I'm not sure it would apply to the Star Wars Boy, but the libel laws in Britain are quite interesting though, with truth not necessarily being a perfect defence. 'Mere' reporting *has* been construed as libel. And there's privacy laws in other countries, I think France also. The servers are in the US, but not necessarily all assets are.
The bottom line is that anybody who thinks that this guys name needs to go in the article for 'NPOV' reasons needs to look at why that is. Ultimately it's similar logic to a lynching- if everybody else is punching the guy, is the neutral point of view necessarily more punching?