[Foundation-l] Controversial content software status - the image filter disguised under a new label

[Gerard Meijssen]

Hoi,
When you consider that the current proposal is for a system where it takes
one click to see something anyway, I do think the notion that something is
not knowable is over the top.
Thanks,
     Gerard

On 12 March 2012 14:07, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 12 March 2012 12:28, Richard Symonds
> <richard.symonds at wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
>
> > deepest parts of the US bible belt, and areas such as Pakistan and India,
> > which have sizeable English-speaking populations and a very strong
> religious
> > vein. With such a diverse worldwide readership on one language, it is
> only
> > natural that people from the bible belt /do/ have a say in whether or not
> > having an image filter is appropriate. We owe it to these people to make
> > sure that Wikipedia is not blocked in their countries.
>
>
> You're describing places in terms of fundamentally rejecting the
> Enlightenment. General encyclopedias, starting from l'Encyclopedie,
> are an Enlightenment project. Ultimately, we can't cripple Wikipedia
> for the world because some parts of it are not happy with the idea of
> people being allowed to know stuff in general.
>
>
> - d.
>
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