Fastfission said:
Ah yes, but now you are making a claim that it is
better to be
offensive to some than silly to others. Which is worth interrogating a
bit further. ;-)
In this particular case I don't think it's wrong to risk offending people.
Someone who complains about the Pioneer plaque on grounds of offense
taken at the nudity, well it's a bit extreme. Even if there are fifty
million of them, we shouldn't cave in to such excessive prudery.
In my opinion, people wwho are easily shocked by visual images of nudity
or sex should not use their web browsers on the default setting. We would
be doing them a big favor if we advised them to consult their browser
documentation, because if they took that advice they would never be unduly
shocked by pictorial web content again. For those who favor cost-benefit
analysis (I don't, I'm just a pragmatist who has arrived at the conclusion
that server-based presentation management is broken) this seems like the
optimal path.