[WikiEN-l] The horror of it all (was: Suggestions for a work-safe encyclopedia)

Tue Apr 19 18:54:02 UTC 2005

--- Tony Sidaway <minorityreport at bluebottle.com>
wrote:
> Poor, Edmund W said:
> 
> >
> > If your friend or co-worker was on a diet (perhaps
> for medical
> > reasons), how often would you amuse yourself by
> teasing him, "Hey,
> > Billy, want some ice cream? It's chocolate, yer
> favorite!" Knock it
> > off, will ya?
> 
> This seems a very strange line of argument.  Are you
> comparing Ms Winslet
> to a large dollop of ice cream?  Who is this person
> on a diet?  Should I
> perhaps stop consuming food in public, lest I entice
> someone else to
> over-eat?  How about those horror movies I was
> chatting about?  It doesn't
> bear thinking about, does it?  What kind of appetite
> would *they* incite?

And by the same reasoning, we should remove all images
of animals, so as not to tempt the people who are
trying to overcome their bestiality.  And the images
of people, so as not to tempt those who are trying to
avoid the voices in their heads which are telling them
to murder people.

RickK

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