[WikiEN-l] Re: Writing about sexual topics responsibly is not censorship

Mon Feb 14 09:53:36 UTC 2005

Nicholas Knight wrote:

> I see nothing wrong with an encyclopedia having a blanket policy that 
> sexually explicit photographs not be displayed in articles. You can 
> argue relativism, subjectiveness, and "censorship" all you want, we 
> both know it's crap. We're here to provide an educational resource. 
> Inlined explicit photographs of sex acts as a whole do little to 
> educate that a line drawing wouldn't do, and only turn people off to 
> Wikipedia as an educational resource. Crap like the autofellatio image 
> is even worse.

This is an opinion based on emotion. Other people have a different 
opinion.

Christiaan