[WikiEN-l] Suggestions for a work-safe encyclopedia

Fri Apr 15 05:11:39 UTC 2005

Faraaz Damji wrote:

>The old argument is true: if you don't want to see a clitoris, then
>don't go to [[clitoris]].  
>
<snip>

>Also, if I want to learn more about what something like
>[[autofellatio]] is, I should be able to choose to display images as a
>link if I want.  Even if I want to learn about [[autofellatio]], I might
>not want to have a picture of a guy masturbating appear right next to
>the information
>
Suppose I want to learn about something. I look it up in an 
encyclopedia. The paper kind. I might happen to see something offensive. 
But how do I know I could see something offensive unless I know what it is?

Your argument  "if you don't want to see a clitoris, don't go to 
clitoris" doesn't help people who don't know what a clitoris is. 
Therefore, saying "I might
not want to have a picture of a guy masturbating appear right next to 
the information" falls into the same category - you can't object to 
something if you don't know what it is. It's like goatse - highly 
offensive, but unless you know what it is, you can't avoid it.

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