RED HERRING: "...entries for Mr. Bush and Mr. Kerry have become the most contentious in the history of Wikipedia, said Wikipedia creator Jimmy Wales, president of the Wikipedia Foundation, which is based in St. Petersburg, Florida. Mr. Bush and Mr. Kerry have created even more debate than entries for sex and religion. As of October 8, Wikipedia's President Bush entry had been tweaked 3,953 times. Its entry for Senator Kerry had been modified 3,230 times. By contrast, Wikipedia's article on Jesus has only been edited 1,855 times since the site's inception in 2001."

If a large group can peacefully settle on consensus entries for "Jesus", "sex", "Bush" *and* "Kerry" without breaking into fisticuffs or nuclear exchange, then I think we should strongly consider setting up a Socialtext account for the Palestinians and Israelis.