(My last message incorrectly insinuates Nihonjoe himself is a paedophile, due to momentary confusion when I was writing it. Disregarding that, my arguments remain.)
-- Yours cordially, Jesse (Pathoschild) On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 12:50 PM, Jesse (Pathoschild) <pathosch...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I see a strong moral streak underlying many of the arguments in favour > of banning this editor, with unsubtle arguments fronting the idea that > paedophiles are inherently evil and can do no good. These arguments > are not convincing to me; no group of people is inherently evil. > Paedophilia does not lead automatically to child abuse, any more than > heterosexuality leads automatically to rape. I'm sure most of us can > draw the parallels to similar cases of hatred throughout history > without my prompting. > > We should be careful about assuming that we are the sole protectors of > our underaged editors, when they are far better protected by their > parents, educators, and local police. Wikipedia is a very unlikely > preying ground for child abusers; it is often impossible to know the > age or location of a given editor, every comment is automatically > archived and logged, and even if they were to find a target on > Wikipedia they would need to approach them physically. Far easier to > find and approach victims in the physical world, where the underaged > are common and visible. Furthermore, banning an editor does not in the > least change his access to our underaged contributors. > > This editor has contributed productively to Wikipedia since September > 2005; he's been an active editor even longer than I have. In all that > time, he has not demonstrated any interest I can see in child abuse, > stalking, or harassment. He received 82% support in his request with > 154 users commenting, many expressing concerns similar to mine. I > think this rather discredits the suggestion that paedophiles disrupt > or harm the community and project by their mere presence. > > I do not agree with banning (or blocking) any editor for purely > idealogical reasons, especially a long-term editor that has already > proven his worth and gained widespread support in the local wiki > community. > > -- > Yours cordially, > Jesse (Pathoschild) > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
