On 8/18/05, Skyring <skyring@gmail
I appreciate both positions, but in the meantime, we live in the real world where some parents and teachers and clergymen are going to apply pressure to stop their children or students or congregations from using an online encyclopedia that contains material that they consider objectionable, regardless of how sensitively it is presented or how much we might wish for there to be no censorship at all.
Yes
These sort of people tend to be firm in their convictions and vocal in presenting their opinions,
Yes
and if there is a picture of autofellatio or a gigantic anus in WP, then they will find it and use it against us.
Well they can try.
I rather think that they will not be swayed by the arguments noted above.
Well you can't win 'em all.
Just how tasteful and educational is a picture of a naked guy sucking himself? It's hardly Michaelangelo's David, is it?
It's not art though. It's educational in the sense that is shows what autofellatio is in the same way as a photo of a microscope shows what a microscope is. It doesn't harm anyone. it doesn't show something will give people nightmares . It doesn't exploit anyone or show someone being harmed and it doesn't depict an unsafe act. I wonder what people's objection's to it might be (apart from it's yucky).
Theresa