--- Toby Bartels <toby+wikipedia(a)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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