Pedro-
b) By adopting the "all articles must be treated
the same way" we are
assuming content is less important than NPOV. This might be true for
things but if this is true for persons, I think the project is biased
towards "people have no rights and this project has rights over all
people".
Actually
1) I am the one who blurred the prisoner photos on the Abu Ghraib article
in order to protect their identity, after that problem was pointed out
2) I have, from the start, voted against showing Nick Berg's severed head
and find that picture in very bad taste, especially as the case is still
very much in the news
3) I have suggested a temporarily reduced threshold of hiding offensive
photos until we have better technological solutions to let end users make
these decisions
So I find your insinuation that this is somehow an attempt by me to
campaign for the inclusion of photos that neither I nor you want quite
unfair. I am concerned with dealing with this issue in a fair and neutral
manner, but I am always open to pragmatic and humanistic arguments.
For example, I could imagine that a compromise could be reached with the 8
users who insist on showing the Nick Berg photo inline to wait with any
such move for 1 year, to let the issue cool down, and to only include the
photo when user-side filtering technology is in place.
Regards,
Erik