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::::Well, for the record, I don't think anyone here is in any way defending Wertham -- hell, the guy's head was lodged firmly somewhere between fanaticism and outright crackpottery, an area that is colloquially known as "his own ass". But he ''was'' a notable figure and he had an impact. It's not Wikipedia's mission to give people the correct opinions, but to inform them of all notable opinions and views out there. This article, for example, is most definitely ''not'' the place to point out Wertham's logical fallacies in detail -- that should happen in articles devoted to Wertham or his works, and even then only so far as events, society or other scholars have proven him wrong; anything beyond that again borders on original research, which is a big no-no. Also, I really want to make it clear that I fully support Haiduc in this matter; he's very much in the right here and I think that removing his perfectly reasonable edits has been the wrong thing to do. Now, I'm not in a good position to guess at the motivations behind those removals without inviting the kind of debate that gets real personal real quick (though I have to point out that insiting that writing about the character's considerable cultural significance and influence in homosexual culture and imagery is the same thing as claiming that Batman is gay doesn't exactly suggest that anyone making such a claim is perfectly comfortable with the subject matter at hand, ''particularly'' as what Haiduc wrote was completely true, relevant and expressed in a neutral fashion). I am, however, in a great position to say that the removals were misguided. -- [[User:Captain Disdain|Captain Disdain]] 15:58, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I think it's very pathetic that something that started out innocent was wrenched into something perverse. [[User:Ereinion|<font color="#6B6E85">Ereinion</font>]] 18:36, 9 November 2005 (UTC)
== Batman in popular culture section ==
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