At 01:20 PM 5/18/03 -0700, LittleDan wrote:
--- Vicki Rosenzweig <vr(a)redbird.org> wrote:
At 09:49 AM 5/18/03 -0700, LittleDan wrote:
I wrote:
[ ] Censor inapropriate content
But I meant
[ ] Censor obscene content
or
> [ ] Censor content that may be considered
obscene.
"Content that may be considered obscene" is
incredibly wide,
depending on who is doing the considering: diagnosis
and
treatment of breast cancer, for example. Two people
of the same
gender kissing. A woman nursing a baby. The bare
human calf
used to be considered shocking and provocative.
--
Vicki Rosenzweig
vr(a)redbird.org
http://www.redbird.org
I hate to say this, but you know what I mean.
No, I don't know what you mean. "Obscene" is not
a well-defined category in the first place and, more to
the point, *obscene according to what standards*?
The server is in California, but will users understand the
differences between the standards of that state's law and
of wherever they happen to be?
The breast cancer example is one of the things that is
routinely blocked by censorware designed to "protect"
users from obscene material.
--
Vicki Rosenzweig
vr(a)redbird.org
http://www.redbird.org