[WikiEN-l] JohnQ / MaryMary - the clitoris guy

[Richard Grevers]

On 14 May 2003 23:04:00 +0200, Erik Moeller <erik_moeller at gmx.de> gave 
utterance to the following:

> You're missing my point. My point is that, from an NPOV perspective,  
> sexually explicit content is no different than any other content. It may  
> offend some people, it may be desired by other people. Singling out  
> sexualy explicit content for filtering would be a POV decision on our  
> part, as we would be explicitly supporting filtering in this instance, 
> but  in no other. If we implement any filtering, it should be applicable 
> to all  types of content.
>
Ok then, consider a parallel case: For many years, the Encyclopedia 
Brittanica contained quite detailed information on the extraction of 
opitates from poppies (it may still do for all I know, but the only copy I 
have access to is 1970's) - probably enough for someone to be able to 
replicate it. Or perhaps the case of chemical recipies for explosives - 
should Wikipedia, in the interests of being NPOV and encyclopedic, include 
these? Some information is suppressed for the "public good". In fact the 
scope of information that is suppressed is one of the key determinants of 
whether we regard a particular political environment as being "free" or 
not. -- Richard Grevers
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