--- Toby Bartels toby+wikipedia@math.ucr.edu wrote:
LouI wrote:
I accept Dan's point. The idea that all types of
material MUST be available
without filtering (py parents for example) is a POV
about how children should
be educated.
It would be ... if Wikipedia were in the business of educating children.
This is a very slippery kind of concept, sort of
like the
difference between 'freedom OF religion' and
'freedom FROM religion'.
I don't understand the analogy; it might help if I knew your opinion on freedom from religion, since as it is I can't even tell which way you go on that! -- Toby
Freedom from religion is the censorship of pagan religions (even though there is really nothing wrong with them), accused cults, "destructive" faiths like some fundimentalist Islam, and otherwise "barbaric" religions. Some say that these religions do not lead to anything constructive and just destroy things. I don't believe in it, but we must acknowledge that many do. Since this POV is held almost exclusively by Fundimentalist Christians, I suggest that we use their POV about what should be blocked. I'm just trying to be realistic here; if we blocked [[christianity]], that may be more NPOV, but not practical for the dominant wetern world. Remember: this filter is only optional. It is not forced on anyone. --LittleDan
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