One of those rare occasions where I am disgusted with my country. The skulking cowardice
of these officious mid-level button-pusher busybodies is beyond belief. The prying
"etatiste" mentality is something, frankly, I had always assumed to be confined
to France and other European nations. "Potential child sex abuse image" - what
balls. Whatever happened to the principle that whatever is not specifically prohibited is
permitted, and something is prohibited if and only if it has been shown to be actively
harmful? That principle has underpinned English liberty since Saxon times. Bloody hell.
That said, I thought the BBC story is rather good. David's point about "why not
block Amazon too" is very funny and totally accurate. Nice stuff.
CM
From: williamcarlking(a)gmail.com
To: wikien-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2008 21:58:35 -0500
Subject: [WikiEN-l] BBC story on UK censorship
The BBC has a story on the IWF's censorship:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7770456.stm
William King (Willking1979)
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