[WikiEN-l] Just to throw this out there...

Erik Moeller erik_moeller at gmx.de
Mon Jun 16 19:13:00 UTC 2003


Jimmy-
>> What *is* the argument here? That all 130,000 articles of Wikipedia
>> have to be blocked because there are a dozen that describe "highly
>> unusual sex practices"? Do you really think that is convincing?

> No, that is *not* the argument, not even close.

> The argument is "We need filtering software installed in the schools
> because even a superb site such as Wikipedia, which should be
> available to children, contains explicit sexual content about obscure
> sexual practices.  It would be nice if such sites took a responsible
> approach to things, but they don't, and so we have to do it."

Once again, do what? Filter Wikipedia entirely? Do you really think they  
can get away with that? And if they just want to filter the respective  
pages, what do we care?

Regards,

Erik



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