[Foundation-l] Liu Xiaobo

Fred Bauder fredbaud at fairpoint.net
Sat Oct 9 10:36:59 UTC 2010


> Дана Saturday 09 October 2010 01:46:43 Fred Bauder написа:
>> >> Well, do we actually prevent some viewpoint from being expressed
>> >> adequately?
>> >>
>> >> How about a list?
>>
>> Well, it's not a promising start, but I have, for example heard a few
>> complaints that the views of Lyndon LaRouche were not fully expressed,
>> but of course, the problem is that some of them may not be notable. The
>> views of the politboro of China are secret. I can't say we fall down
>> there. Is there someone out there who is unable to edit due to having
>> unpopular views?
>
> Is this sarcastic? Of course, there are plenty of such people, and plenty
> of
> such viewpoints. I am unable to edit due to my unpopular views.
>
> As for a list:
>
> - Viewpoints of the right, especially extreme right (viewpoints of the
> extreme
> left are tolerated).
>
> - Nationalist viewpoints that oppose US foreign politics, such as Russian
> or
> Serbian (nationalist viewpoints that are aligned with US foreign politics
> are
> tolerated).
>
> - Culturally-specific viewpoints not known about in English-language
> discourse, for example that sterilization of humans or animals is morally
> repugnant (although this is less of a problem with Wikipedia and more
> with
> the fact that such views are not well-studied).
>

No, it's not sarcastic and I plead guilty with respect to some of your
list, and am aware of attitudes which surpass mine in censoriousness.

Fred




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