[WikiEN-l] No more blocking people for who they *are*?

Philip Welch wikipedia at philwelch.net
Wed Feb 8 01:25:21 UTC 2006


>> Stupendous, molesting children is "embarrassing".  Don't think I  
>> could have
>> seen a bigger understatement or marginalization of the issue all  
>> day.  This
>> just in "American Bishops Find Pedophiliac Priests to be  
>> 'embarrassing'"
>> Yeah, that would go over well.
>>
> No; someone *claiming* to be a pedophile, almost certianly falsely,  
> is "embarrassing".
>
> In any case, there are plenty of things people find really  
> offensive.  Try telling someone in Saudi Arabia that we allow  
> unrepentant homosexuals on the site (homosexuality has status in  
> law actually more severe than pedophilia), and then see if they  
> want their kids to read it.

Or insulting cartoon pictures of Muhammed.

-- 
Philip L. Welch
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Philwelch






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