Meg Ireland wrote:
On 06/02/2008, Tim Starling tstarling@wikimedia.org wrote:
And the Bible refers to banning the eating of shellfish. What's your point?
The Bible doesn't call for shellfish images to be banned though. My point Tim is that Hidath image ban is not specific to one individual. If the reason behind the removal is the Hidath, it opens the possibility for other people to petition removing other images on Hidath grounds.
The reason behind the proposed removal, as I said in my first post, is what offends people here and now. It's not about history or holy texts, it's about sentiment. A proposal to ban all depictions of people and animals would be laughed at by both sides.
-- Tim Starling