Rick: Do you object to the principle of providing a mechanism that permits users to prevent the display of some images?
Note that I am asking if the very idea is a problem so that we know whether it is the concept or the details of the mechanism that exercises you.
Theo
On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 20:21:09 +0100, Rick 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.