There's a discussion on ANI (
permalink) about whether a user should be banned for referring to Roman Polanski as a child rapist on Jimbo's talk page, per BLP.
There seem to be a lot of Polanski defenders on Wikipedia.
The following post disturbed me the most, though. Apparently, statutory rape against a 13-year-old isn't the same as statutory rape against a child.
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Polanksi was convicted of statutory rape, and there is no question whatsoever that he committed that crime. Calling him a "child" rapist, however, is a question of definition, as his victim was 13 years old, not 5 or something. So it's best to stick to what he was convicted of and avoid emotionally-charged terminology. â†Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 14:50, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
Perhaps it's another example of why Wikipedia is broken - because they generally believe a 13-year-old isn't a child.
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