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

Mon Feb 14 10:15:10 UTC 2005

Skyring wrote:

>> Something of this kind cannot be avoided except by banning *all* 
>> sexually explicit images--something I've seen seriously advanced.
>
> Well, no. All we need do is have some sort of flag for explicit images 
> and make sure that these are handled appropriately. It could be 
> completely transparent to the user through using cookies. I don't want 
> to ban such images, nor do I think it is possible to stop children 
> viewing them. I just want a way to stop wowsers equating Wikipedia 
> with porn and demonstrating this on prime time TV.

Nail on the head.

Christiaan