[Foundation-l] Minors and sexual explicit stuff

[David Moran]

Yeah, what Finne said.  Thanks for the straw man, though.

FMF



On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 1:24 PM, Finne Boonen <hennar at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 19:09, Gregory Kohs <thekohser at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Geni, you (and others) seem to place a lot of stock in "parent
> > responsibility":
> >
> >
> http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2009-November/056095.html
> >
> > Work with me for a moment here... if a parent takes her 9-year-old boy to
> > the toy boutique, and the boy asks to stay outside on the sidewalk with
> the
> > pantomime clown the store has hired to promote their business, and the
> mom
> > says "okay", goes inside, then the boy wanders down the sidewalk a bit to
> > look at the window display of toy trains, but is then abducted by a
> > stranger, raped, mutilated, and dumped in the woods, that is the
> > responsibility of the parent?  The consequences are entirely her fault
> for
> > leaving the kid alone with the clown?  Nobody else holds any
> responsibility
> > whatsoever in that event?
> >
> > Are you saying that it's more important that the mime stay in character
> and
> > not use either his own common sense or courtesy, or perhaps follow
> > instructions or guidelines that have been conferred on him by either the
> > store or his entertainment company employer to say, "Please don't leave
> your
> > child unattended with me, ma'am.  Liability, you know?"
>
> A mime in this situation is there to attract children Wikipedia isn't.
> A better comparison would be the Disney website.
>
> henna
>
>
>
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