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

Tue Feb 15 11:14:47 UTC 2005

John Lee wrote:
> I agree a technical solution is required, but until we have one, linking 
> is better than offending a substantial number of our readers. It's the 
> psychology of the thing - if people don't have full-blown images thrust 
> in their face, they naturally assume it's safe. It doesn't make sense, 
> but from my experience, the appearance of being clean is the best middle 
> ground between having no potentially offensive images at all and shoving 
> it in readers' faces.

It's psychological, but it's not an assumption of safety. Many people 
are going to be far more comfortable reading a description -- even 
detailed -- of a sexual act than seeing a photograph of it.

I've been looking at this as a debate on presentation, not content.