On 26 Aug 2007 at 16:07, Armed Blowfish wrote:
It doesn't matter if the attack site is
'evil' or not. It doesn't
even matter if the content actually qualifies as an 'attack' (by
whatever standards), or is just hurtful to someone. It's about
protecting people (usually editors, but not always) from
psychological harm, or occasionally other types of harm.
That's too subjective a standard. The things that offend
individuals, and possibly cause them psychological harm, are as
varied as humans are. Protecting everybody from every real or
imagined harm they may claim is inconsistent with allowing individual
freedom.
Again, courtesy blankings and deletions are not
sanctions against
any one.
I've never much liked courtesy blankings either... I'm from the old-
school geek mindset of "Information wants to be free".
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