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@gmail.com To: wikien-l@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

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