[Foundation-l] Is random article truly random

[Theo10011]

I might be from one of the most restrictive cultures, ethnicity and
background than most people on this list. I assumed, it was people from my
part of the world, that the board and WMF was trying to be considerate of.

In all of this, I can't help but wonder where would it stop, there are
probably more restrictive cultures. The definition of offensive is
rather arbitrary, when it crosses so many cultures and nationalities, there
is no end to what might be considered offensive. Pornography is illegal in
most parts of South-east Asia, even when it is not enforced there are
different ways to control morality, different outlook on what is offensive.

Regards
Theo

On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 12:34 AM, Béria Lima <berialima at gmail.com> wrote:

> /me does.
>
> And here is why: 70% of the problem with a image stands in WHO IS SEEING
> IT.
> I'm from Brazil and in my country we even have 1 week festival - worldwide
> famous - for have several (like hundreds to thousands) of semi naked girls
> and boys dancing Samba.
>
> And here is the catch. You know what the Television comment on that? (yes,
> is in public television and pass from 9pm to  8 am during 4 days + a
> retransmission on a saturday afternoon ), the comments are: "Person X has a
> fantasy of YYY", "Girl Z praticed samba for 4 months to that, and she is
> dancing really good" or similar. I saw +15 festivals (before I was too
> young
> to be up at 10pm) and never saw as pornography.
>
> That is one the reasons I can tell you that nudity and porn are TWO VERY
> DIFFERENT THINGS.
>
> PS: A sock account? Really? Don't have balls to write with your own
> account?
> _____
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>
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>
>
> On 19 October 2011 19:24, ??? <wiki-list at phizz.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > On 19/10/2011 18:52, Fae wrote:
> > >> Did I miss anything?
> > >
> > > Yes, could you clarify who were you trying to launch a personal attack
> > > on, or were you trying to offend everyone from a certain culture by
> > > showing how much you disrespect them?
> > >
> >
> >
> > Disrespect? That is odd in odd word to use in a discussion where one
> > side maintains that controversial content cannot be pre ascertained;
> > that controversial content is culturally biased; that those so biased
> > should be educated, against their will if necessary, to be more
> > accepting towards content they find objectionable.
> >
> >
> > The observation I made was directed at the observation that dumping
> > random controversial images onto someone's computer screen was not a
> > problem. I know of none that honestly hold that view, do you?
> >
> >
> >
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