[WikiEN-l] Britannica quote of the day

[Ray Saintonge]

Oskar Sigvardsson wrote:

>Regardless of what you call it, the discussion has been held many
>times. There simply isn't anything near consensus for any sort of
>censorship in the community (and it is censorship, don't kid yourself,
>just read the first sentance in [[Censorship]]). The discussion has
>been had, lets just levae it at that.
>
>And frankly, while I agree that some sort of voluntary content control
>might be nice, I sorta like the idea that wikipedia will give you the
>facts straight up, without any spin, no matter how ugly or morally
>reprehensive they may be. Our responsibility is not to make a school
>safe version of the facts, our responsibility is to always give the
>facts with a neutral point of view. If some schools and libraries
>can't agree with that point of view, that's too bad.
>
I would take it one step further, and say that schools have a 
responsibility to show kids how to protect themselves on line.  The 
parents who go too far in hiding this sort of thing from their kids may 
just be breeding the next generation of victims.

Ec