And I'd make a distinction (philosophically questionable, but we're trying to get work done here 'on the ground') between complying with laws that are _copyright_ restrictions versus complying with laws that are _censorship_. In that case, I have to insist that we not worry too much wether NPOV articles might be illegal in some other countries. Individual contributors should do what they need to do to stay out of jail, of course.
For example, there was a brief controversy about whether certain types of articles about racism might be illegal in France. I don't really care, although I certainly encourage our French wikipedians to do what they need to do to obey the law in their own country.
On the other hand, most of the censorship laws in Europe don't really impact NPOV articles anyway. In France, it's illegal to insult the President. But insulting people is not NPOV anyway, so there's really no conflict.
--Jimbo
Article on French censorship:
http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/story/0,7495,900093,00.html
Dear Jimbo,
If I read you well, you are first saying that making "illegal" to insult someone is "censorship".
I disagree. I don't call that censorship,but "civilization". We are perfectly allowed to say publicly that we agree with our president, or disagree with him, for such and such reason. So, we are not censored. However, we can have problems with justice when we say someone is an asshole. Or a worm. But in truth, what does exactly mean ? What is more important, using fact to support our claim that we disagree, or saying someone is a worm ? Where's the censorship here ? Btw, this does not apply only to our president.
You are also saying that "insulting people is not NPOV anyway"; I don't understand why. If the claim is substanciated, and attributed; where is the POV that we need to take of ? Say, if we state that someone stabbed a politician for being gay, and later explain to the police he did because because the politician "est un p�d�". That's an insult, but that's a fair account of what was said, by who, to who, about who. How can it be not NPOV ?
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