[WikiEN-l] Another Media and Wikipedia blackout on NYT reporter in Afghanistan

[wjhonson at aol.com]

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From: geni <geniice at gmail.com>
To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
Sent: Wed, Sep 9, 2009 3:32 pm
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Another Media and Wikipedia blackout on NYT 
reporter in Afghanistan


2009/9/9  <wjhonson at aol.com>:
> The entire argument about keeping the names of kidnap victims secret 
to
> me is flat.  I do not see the logic behind the belief that it will
> preserve their lives in any way, for example.

Well this time around 3 civilians died. Not sure if that counts as 
successful.
geni



  Those who support the idea of keeping this information secret would 
probably argue that more would have died if it weren't.  And those who 
oppose it would say, "See it didn't work".

Something for everybody!

Will Johnson