2009/3/25 WJhonson@aol.com:
In a message dated 3/25/2009 1:34:36 PM Pacific Standard Time, thomas.dalton@gmail.com writes:
I don't think the IWF will make that mistake again. I never thought I'd see so many people being so outspokenly against a charity dedicated to fighting child pornography!>>
This is what you said, which misses the point. People weren't against them because they are dedicated to fighting child pornography, so this is a straw man position.
People were against them because they operate censorship inside a black box.
Quite a different situation. And why people were so vehement in their condemnation.
Ah, this is simply a misunderstanding! What I meant was that one would expect people to be thoroughly in support of a charity dedicated to fighting child pornography so the fact that there was such outspoken criticism shows how big a mistake blocking Wikipedia was.
I don't think people were against them due to the lack of transparency, I think it was the fact that they blocked an encyclopaedia that annoyed people. (The lack of transparency annoys us, but I'm not sure the general public/media know much about those details.)