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Michael Hanson/Hansen

"PIE was set up as a special interest group within the Scottish Minorities Group by founding member Michael Hanson, a gay student living in Edinburgh, who became the group's first chairman. Although Hansen did not identify as a paedophile, his sexual relationship with a 15-year-old (who he thought was 16) and the disparate age of consent laws for heterosexual and homosexual activity made Hansen sympathise with paedophile advocacy."

Spelling ought to be consistent where known—has anyone access to sources? Harfarhs (talk) 18:25, 3 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Well spotted. The Scottish Minorities Group isn't mentioned in the Observer article cited as the source, but that is verified in the book cited (available at https://books.google.com/books?id=6eu2DQAAQBAJ&pg=PA115). This also confirms the spelling of Hanson. I've edited accordingly. Stephen Newton (talk) 10:48, 4 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Why isn't the P.I.E symbol not shown?

Would show how this psychopath organisation uses cryptic symbolism like other secret societies. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.5.239.132 (talk) 23:09, 3 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Unclear wording

"Once the guests of the hotel where a PIE public meeting was to be held learnt about the event, they cancelled $2,500 worth of hotel room reservations and physically threatened the manager"

Did the guests cancel the bookings, or did the hotel threaten its own manager?

And why is USD used for a British subject? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:27, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]