Talk:Joel Brind

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I realize it's a short stub, but after a short (nicely neutral) intro the second paragraph contains only allegations that accusations levelled against Brind are specious. Now, I recognize this is a contentious topic, and I'll admit I don't have the answers, but a quick perusal of the internets leads me to believe that this is not quite the whole story. I understand that in Wikipedia, articles don't get written unless people write them, and so it goes here, but I think an NPOV note is still warranted. Geoff.green 02:42, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

Agreed. - RoyBoy ⁸⁰⁰ 02:45, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

Disagree. - RoyBoy ⁸⁰⁰ 01:19, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for referencing this on my talk page; I'd probably have missed it otherwise. You write (on my talk apge) --> "After re-reading your comment on Talk:Joel Brind, I'd have to disagree. I did not write "allegations"; I wrote verified inaccuracies on how Dr. Brind's position is presented." Which is fine. I didn't mean to say that what was included is necessarily inaccurate, and I apologize if my use of the term "allegations" implied that. My only objection is that the article does not contain information about what he actually does, beyond a portion of one sentence, nor does it contain much of the content of the criticism against him beyond the two examples that the article criticizes. (You've added some subsequently.) Like I said, I don't think that you were trying to write a biased article, but merely that because it is incomplete and because of how it is incomplete there probably should be an NPOV warning until it's expanded upon. What you added, brief as it is, is a big step in that direction. Let me know what you think. Geoff.green 21:58, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

Expanding this article

One suggestion for how to expand this article: a discussion of Brind's publications (http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/wsas/departments/natural_science/faculty/brind.html). Those of his publications which involve the ABC link tend to be published in National Review and National Right to Life News, as well as on National Right to Life websites (http://www.californiaprolife.org/abortion/breastcancer.html). He is also a fixture in National Right to Life Conventions, as well ( http://www.nrlc.org/news/2002/NRL07/tapes.htm ; http://www.nrlc.org/convention/Schedule2006.html) In fact, he offered the keynote address at the NRLC 2001 convention (http://www.nrlc.org/news/2001/NRL07/conven.html). Needless to say, this sort of thing impugns his credibility and scientific objectivity (http://www.barryyeoman.com/articles/hatedabortion.html)

This would by no means render the article NPOV, and a good deal of biographical information has yet to be added, but though not NPOV it would at least be a bit more balanced for the moment. Dicksonlaprade 20:44, 8 December 2006 (UTC)