--- Daniel Ehrenberg
<littledanehren(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
One of Wikipedia's main goals is to get it to
everyone. That's why it is free, in both senses, free
food and free speech. If we want to get it to
everyone, we have to make some accomidations, and I
think optional censorship (necessary at some domain
names) is the easiest way to do this.
Wikipedia is available to everyone. So far, the threat is completely
hypothetical: no school has blocked Wikipedia. Maybe, before rushing to
action, we should give schools more credit. If indeed at some point
some school blocks Wikipedia, we can, after reaping the benefits of a
nice New York Times article and ACLU lawsuit, set up your edupedia in a
matter of weeks - the sifter code is already in place.
Agreed. A lot of debate occurs over fighting phantom lawsuits, whether
over this or over copyright issues. This kind of self-censorship tends
to cut out a lot more material than might ever be demanded by the courts.
Ec