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Re: Text of the FF'ing Discussion on Wikipedia

Posted by Indian Joe on January 01, 2005 at 16:31:19

In Reply to: Re: Text of the FF'ing Discussion on Wikipedia posted by No Name on January 01, 2005 at 15:11:43:

I'm wondering the same thing. I've met 2nd gen members in their 20's now who have never seen the old pubs. I think they grow up thinking that it is all a lie, or an exagerrated. Or that people simply misunderstood the letters and took it all too far.

The arugment right now has to do with calling it "prostitution". This website received a letter a while back that basically said that the Family never engaged in prostitution, and said that anyone who says they did is guilty of slander, and a whole raft of crimes. The Pro-COG editors on Wikipedia are going along that same line.

I don't think The Family is ashamed of the past. I just think that they realize that it is bad PR to have an online encyclopedia that links FCF with prostitution, even prostitution that happened years ago.