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Walabio, in reintroducing the following text, you partially reverted my edit. Can I remind you that we have both been asked not to revert each other while in mediation?
- He is controversial because he advocates circumcision despite not being a medical doctor and using the name of the University of Sydney despite the University not advocating his personal views.
I removed this text for several reasons. Firstly, is it Morris himself that is controversial or his views or lobbying? It seems to me that it is the latter. Secondly, this looks like your opinion rather than anything else. Has anyone raised these objections to Morris or his work in print? If not, they ought to be removed.
I hope that you will respond soon. I have not reverted your edit for reasons stated above, but I would appreciate it if you would do so voluntarily while we negotiate over the appropriate wording. I don't want to censor the fact that Morris' work is controversial - only to ensure that the discussion is verifiable and accurate. Jakew 16:06, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
- Let us see, he is not medical doctor, but he represents himself as such. Rather than merely include that he works for the University of Sydney in his biography, he goes on and on about him working there in such a way that it implies that he speaks for the university about circumcision, but he no more speaks for the university than one of the Janitors. He claims to be neutral but is obviously biased (that sounds familiar).
- Last year, I ran into two members of the Australian Medical Association at a convention of the American College of Pædiatrics. They said that he annoys them with his constant lobbying campaign of letterwriting. They do not take him seriously, because although he is a good Molecular Biologist, he is not a Pædiatric Urologist. They suspect that his fixation might be prurient. Frankly, they believe that he has a screw loose.
- Hugh Young wrote a response to Brian Morris. [1]
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— Ŭalabio‽ 17:27, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
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- So what are you saying here? You and two friends of yours disagree with him? Sorry, that's insufficient grounds to insert it into an article. Jakew 12:07, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
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- Those two people are not my friends. I met them only once. They came into the conference from Australia. I merely used them as illustrative examples. Let us forget the example for a minute. Brian Morris writes many letters to the Australian College of Pædiatrics which the society ignores because it is like a plumber trying to change the carpentry-code. He begs questions and takes things out of context. Frankly, his claims are controversial (at odds with the positionstatements of all medical bodies with positionstatements about circumcision) and the just Australian College of Pædiatrics ignores him. His views are controversial.
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Jakew, I'm getting a bit concerned about you. It seems you spend a hell of a lot of time picking away at any page on Wikipedia that has anything to do with circumcision. I think it's time you came to terms with your problem. - David. —
— Ŭalabio‽ 01:18, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Undergraduate training
The article mentioned Morris received "first class honours" as an undergraduate, but fails to mention in what area. This should be made clear. He is not a medical doctor, and any ambiguity that may result in someone mistakenly believing he is (or ever was) should be clarified.
