[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia isn't just a good idea - it's compulsory

David Gerard dgerard at gmail.com
Wed Mar 25 21:58:56 UTC 2009


2009/3/25  <WJhonson at aol.com>:

> That response misses the point.
> This "Charity" operates as a black box, not only censoring but refusing to
> acknowledge that their acts are hidden, unknowable and possibly arbitrary.
> We need this level of censorship?  No.  What this "charity" should do, is
> operate in an open manner with appropriate levels of communication with the
> public it claims to be serving.


The IWF was created by the ISPs to keep the government from bugging
them. The IWF's biggest mistake was arguably thinking they should
actually attempt to do the impossible, rather than just claiming to.
Everyone who knows about them despises them.


- d.



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