[WikiEN-l] One argument I do not find compelling

Mon Apr 18 11:50:57 UTC 2005

--- Jimmy Wales <jwales at wikia.com> wrote:
> Now this is not to say that there aren't other arguments against linking
> and in favor of inlining this sort of image.  But I don't think this
> argument that somehow linking is taking away choices is very compelling.
>  It seems clear to me that the opposite is true: linking gives people
> the choice to view the image or not, in the simplest and most effective
> way possible, without requiring the to know in advance that there might
> be shocking images, without requiring them to change browser settings, etc.

Exactly. The opposite argument is absurd on its face. The only issue now is the
details: what to display by default and what to link by default. Being only a
semi-prude, I say simple nudity is almost always OK to display by default while
sex acts (both with oneself and with the help of others ) is almost always not
OK to display by default in articles (with the possible exception of good line
drawings). 

-- mav

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