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> From: smartn...@aol.com > Date: May 15, 2010 8:05:05 AM PDT > To: ipc...@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [IPCUSA] Wikimedia porn purge, MK-ultra, Franklin Scandal, Polanski, > Clergy abuse > Reply-To: ipc...@yahoogroups.com > > Wikimedia porn purge, MK-ultra, Franklin Scandal, Polanski, Clergy abuse > > > this issue contains: > Shakeup at Wikipedia in Wake of Porn Purge > MKULTRA victims and therapists speak > CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE (1994) THE FRANKLIN SCANDAL > Ritual abuse book articles > More sex allegations hit Roman Polanski > Settlement in 26 Vermont priest sex abuse cases > > EXCLUSIVE: Shakeup at Wikipedia in Wake of Porn Purge By Jana Winter - > FOXNews.com May 14, 2010 A shakeup is underway at the top levels of > Wikipedia, > FoxNews.com has learned, as administrators try to deal with the growing > controversy surrounding pornographic images that appear on the online > encyclopedia and its associated websites....On May 7, FoxNews.com reported > exclusively that Wales had personally deleted many of the images from > Wikimedia's > servers, and that he'd ordered that thousands more be purged. Now many of > those images have been restored to their original web pages.... > > Several of those donors contacted the foundation to inquire about the > thousands of images on Wikimedia’s servers that could be considered child > pornography. There also are graphic photo images of male and female > genitalia, > men and women or groups of people involved in sexual acts, images of > masturbation and other pornographic material — all of which can be viewed by > children at most public schools, where students are encouraged to use > Wikipedia > as a source encyclopedia. > When the donors started calling, Wales immediately called on the sites’ > editors to quickly purge any possibly obscene or pornographic content from > the sites. > This led to outrage among the sites' many volunteer editors and > administrators, who charged that Wales’ actions betrayed the essence of the > open > user-generated online encyclopedia. > > One lengthy e-mail response read in part: > “In essence, right now Jimbo is deleting things based on his singular > judgment about what should be allowed…. This is a large change and lack of a > clear policy creates a very confusing and frustrating environment for > editors. (Multiple Commons admins have already stated their intention to > resign > and/or retire over this.)” > > But Wales defended his actions on the foundation listserve, writing: > "Much of the cleanup is done, although there was so much hardcore > pornography on commons that there's still some left in nooks and crannies…. > "We were about to be smeared in all media as hosting hardcore pornography > and doing nothing about it. Now, the correct storyline is that we are > cleaning up. I'm proud to have made sure that storyline broke the way it > did, > and I'm sorry I had to step on some toes to make it happen. > (http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/05/14/exclusive-shake-wikipedia-porn-pressure/) > > h_ttp://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/05/14/exclusive-shake-wikipedia-porn-pressure/_ > > (http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/05/14/exclusive-shake-wikipedia-porn-pressure/) > > > > > MKULTRA victims and therapists speak - MKULTRA was the human > experimentation program that used children in the lab to induce MPD using > severe trauma. > This methodology continues today with the use of nonlethal microwave > weapons to perfect "behavior modification". > (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8694323367213482956#docid=7665687155999039274) > > h_ttp://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8694323367213482956#docid=7665687155999039274_ > > (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8694323367213482956#docid=7665687155999039274 > ) > > CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE (1994) - LONG VERSION - THE FRANKLIN SCANDAL (1994) > > > Recently Discovered Longer, Higher Quality Version of the "Unaired" > 1993/1994 Yorkshire Television Investigative Documentary "Conspiracy of > Silence". > Concerning allegations of a Network of Paedophile Rings in Nebraska & > Washington D.C. > (http://www.archive.org/details/ConspiracyOfSilence1994-LongerVersion-TheFranklinScandal) > > h_ttp://www.archive.org/details/ConspiracyOfSilence1994-LongerVersion-TheFranklinScandal_ > > (http://www.archive.org/details/ConspiracyOfSilence1994-LongerVersion-TheFranklinScandal) > > (http://www.franklinscandal.com/) _http://www.franklinscandal.com_ > (http://www.franklinscandal.com/) book by journalist Nick Bryant: "The > Franklin Scandal: A Story > of Powerbrokers, Child Abuse & Betrayal." > > Ritual abuse book articles > _http://eassurvey.wordpress.com/2010/05/14/ritual-abuse-book-articles/_ > (http://eassurvey.wordpress.com/2010/05/14/ritual-abuse-book-articles/) > Cult and Ritual Abuse > Treating Survivors of Satanist Abuse > Ritual Abuse in the Twenty-First Century > Breaking the Circle of Satanic Ritual Abuse > > > More sex allegations hit Roman Polanski By AFP, Vancouver Sun May 14, 2010 > Fugitive film-maker Roman Polanski was hit by fresh allegations of sexual > misconduct Friday by a woman who claims the director "forced himself" upon > her just after her 16th birthday in 1982. Polanski, who is fighting > extradition to the United States to face sentencing in his 1978 child sex > case, > was accused by British actress Charlotte Lewis of sexually abusing her at his > > apartment in Paris nearly 30 years ago. > In a press conference at the Beverly Hills offices of prominent attorney > Gloria Allred, Lewis, 42, said she was speaking out to refute suggestions > from Polanski's legal team that his earlier case was an isolated incident. > "I > am also a victim of Roman Polanski. He sexually abused me in the worst > possible way when I was just 16-years-old, four years after he fled the > United > States to avoid sentencing for his crimes," Lewis said in a prepared > statement. > > Allred said Lewis had given statements to Los Angeles police and > prosecutors about the incident which she hoped would be taken into > consideration if > Polanski was extradited back to the United States for sentencing. "It is > very important that the District Attorney and the Swiss authorities are > armed > with this information as they decide Mr Polanski's fate," said Lewis, who > had a minor role in Polanski's 1986 period flop "Pirates." > > "Mr Polanski knew I was only 16 years old when he met me and forced > himself upon me in his apartment in Paris. He took advantage of me and I > have > lived with the effects of his behavior ever since it occurred. > _http://www.calgaryherald.com/entertainment/More+allegations+Roman+Polanski/3029260/story.htm > l_ > (http://www.calgaryherald.com/entertainment/More+allegations+Roman+Polanski/3029260/story.html) > > > Settlement in 26 Vermont priest sex abuse cases AP Attorney Jerome F. > O'Neill holds a news conference in Burlington, Vt., Thursday, May 13, 2010. > By > LISA RATHKE, Associated Press Writer Lisa Rathke, Associated Press Writer - > May 13, 2010 MONTPELIER, Vt. - Dozens of former altar boys who sued > Vermont's Catholic church over allegations of sexual abuse by priests 30 > years ago > will share in a nearly $18 million settlement of their cases. The attorney > for the 26 plaintiffs and the bishop of the statewide Diocese of > Burlington said Thursday they were pleased by the settlement, but both > acknowledged > that the cases had been difficult for the victims.... > > The lawsuits accused the diocese of negligent hiring, and many of the > cases centered on the defrocked Rev. Edward Paquette, who was the target of > allegations before he transferred to Vermont in the mid-1970s. Paquette had > worked in parishes in Rutland and Montpelier and in Christ the King Church > in > Burlington, and he was accused of molesting dozens of altar boys. The > diocese didn't dispute that the molestations occurred. The 80-year-old > priest > recently told the Burlington Free Press newspaper he was sorry for his > actions and prays daily for the families of the people he harmed. > _http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100514/ap_on_re_us/us_priest_sex_abuse_ > (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100514/ap_on_re_us/us_priest_sex_abuse) > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
