[WikiEN-l] Prudishness and censorship

Tue Apr 19 20:08:12 UTC 2005

On 4/19/05, Rick <giantsrick13 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> --- jfdwolff at doctors.org.uk wrote:
> > Avoiding these images, or having a Preferences key
> > to prevent their display, is NOT censorship. It is
> > part of achieving the goal of Wikipedia, as I have
> > argued above. It is also not a violation of NPOV, as
> > an image is not a POV. It is being plain sensible,
> > sensitive and broad-minded.
> 
> I love how those who are trying to censor Wikipeida
> are calling THEMSELVES broad-minded.
> 
> And they continue to fail to address where the line is
> drawn.  The author contends that we should cater to
> the millions of people worldwide who would be offended
> by Ms. Winslet's blurry breast, but makes no
> suggestion to remove all images of women's faces,
> which would obviously offend our Muslim readers.  Or
> the images of the massacre of Nanking, or the image of
> the naked girl running from napalm.  Or the image of a
> man with a gun to his head.  Or the image of Rachel
> Corrie about to be mowed down by a bulldozer.
> 
> RickK
> 
The "line" is drawn by the community, on a case by case basis, with
discussion and votes. Do you object to this process?