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Censorship and smearing rampant on Conservapedia
==Blocking users who accuse this website==
==Blocking users who accuse this website==
==Blocking users who post relevant information==
I was the various users MakeTime, TakeTwo, TakeThree, JanEngerlund and HarrietJones, all of whom are blocked. My crime was to post a review of [[Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed]] by ''Time'' magazine. Although an undeniably negative review of the movie, I [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Expelled:_No_Intelligence_Allowed&diff=prev&oldid=433362 posted a selection of quotes from the review] in the 'already exiting 'Reviews' section of the ''Expelled'' article. One would imagine an uncontroversial addition to an article - no matter how disagreeable the opinion, which is after all what a movie review is - would be a review by the biggest-selling weekly news magazine in America.
Ed Poor took offense to this line in the review -
{{QuoteBox|"[Stein] makes all the usual mistakes nonscientists make whenever they try to take down evolution, asking, for example, how something as complex as a living cell could have possibly arisen whole from the earth's primordial soup."}}
He then [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Expelled:_No_Intelligence_Allowed&diff=prev&oldid=433931 removed the review], stating there was "no evidence" Stein says this - despite not having seen the movie himself. (At this point in time, the movie had been seen by the journalist concerned, but could not have been seen by Mr.Poor as it had not yet been released). He further accused the reviewer of [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Expelled:_No_Intelligence_Allowed&diff=next&oldid=434027 "putting words in Steins mouth"]. This unfounded opinion was [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Expelled:_No_Intelligence_Allowed&diff=next&oldid=434179 then placed in the 'encyclopedia' article].
A debate on the Talk page began between Ed Poor, ASchalfly and myself, where I was accused of supporting a viewpoint on Intelligent Design and/or Evolution - which was never my position, and nor did I ever proclaim an opinion on such matters. I continued to simply argue for the review to be included. I was repeatedly blocked for arguing that whether or not one agreed with the review, it should remain in the the article for Fair Balance, and for pointing out that it was not me who quoted Stein, but the reviewer, who was in fact the only one of the three of us who ''could'' know what Stein says n the movie..
Finally, Ed Poor [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:Expelled:_No_Intelligence_Allowed&diff=434071&oldid=434070 admitted that he had not seen the movie], and therefore was not in a position to comment on what Stein did or didn't say in the film.
The whole farce is yet another cogent example of censorship in Conservapedia, which always censors information and blocks editors for posting material with which the sysops disagree. Not only that, but it presents pretty low ethical standards, as Ed Poor presented an opinion and slanders a reputable journalist without the slightest foundation. [[User:Aggrieved|Aggrieved]] 17:03, 26 April 2008 (EDT)
==They're both pathetic==
==They're both pathetic==