[WikiEN-l] BLPs: Wikipedia entry nearly scuppers rugby player's career

[Chris Howie]

On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 5:12 PM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:
>> There is not such thing as an "exceptional alcoholic" - a person either is,
>> or they are not. It's like calling someone an "exceptional diabetic".
>
> I disagree. An alcoholic whose alcoholism has never resulted in
> anything notable happening would be unexceptional from the point of
> view of writing an article about one whereas someone that's been
> constantly in the headlines because of the alcoholism would be very
> exceptional.

Not to mention that alcoholism is an addiction and not a disease.
There are different levels of addiction, although "exceptional" makes
it sound like an awesome addiction.  :)

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Chris Howie
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