[Foundation-l] Sexual Imagery on Commons: where the discussion is happening

[David Goodman]

If we follow sexual taboos, which ones do we follow? Some Moslem and
non-Moslem groups object to the depiction of any part of the anatomy,
some to depiction or exposure of certain parts only. Some extend it to
males. Some object to the portray of certain objects in an irreverent
manner--there have been major commotions over such displays of
christian symbols in artworks.
Different cultures have different taboos on the depiction of violence,
taboos not connected with religion.

There are similar cultural restrictions on verbal; expression. There
are the obvious different ones for sexual expression. US law includes
the concept of "community standards" --but our community is the entire
world. Some have taboos against public discussion of any religion not
the majority religion there. Some avoid the public discussion of
politics. And so on endlessly.
Someone above mentioned going by the majority in the region.
Protecting minority interests is part of NPOV, and actively promoting
minority languages is a policy of the WMF.

There is no way to limit censorship. The only consistent positions are
either  to not have external media at all, a position adopted by some
religious groups, or to not have censorship at all.


David Goodman, Ph.D, M.L.S.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:DGG



On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 12:23 PM, Noein <pronoein at gmail.com> wrote:
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Censorship#Some_reflexions_following_the_censorship_polemic_of_May_2010