On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 01:08:12PM -0700, Puddl Duk wrote:
On 4/19/05, Rick giantsrick13@yahoo.com wrote:
--- jfdwolff@doctors.org.uk wrote:
Avoiding these images, or having a Preferences key to prevent their display, is NOT censorship. It is part of achieving the goal of Wikipedia, as I have argued above. It is also not a violation of NPOV, as an image is not a POV. It is being plain sensible, sensitive and broad-minded.
I love how those who are trying to censor Wikipeida are calling THEMSELVES broad-minded.
And they continue to fail to address where the line is drawn. The author contends that we should cater to the millions of people worldwide who would be offended by Ms. Winslet's blurry breast, but makes no suggestion to remove all images of women's faces, which would obviously offend our Muslim readers. Or the images of the massacre of Nanking, or the image of the naked girl running from napalm. Or the image of a man with a gun to his head. Or the image of Rachel Corrie about to be mowed down by a bulldozer.
RickK
The "line" is drawn by the community, on a case by case basis, with discussion and votes. Do you object to this process?
In an effort to head off RickK's perhaps more abrasive style . . . Perhaps his comments here are meant to express his position as a part of that community, and your pointed query is not strictly conducive to that process. While I could be wrong (and even if I'm not, I'm sure you'll tell me that I am), it reads to me as though you are implying that his argument is a de facto objection to that process.
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