I think perhaps then the most fundamental disagreement we have is the idea that sexual images equal "harm".
FMF On 1/29/09, Nathan <nawr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 11:19 PM, Nathan <nawr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > To some of those people, and to others, trying to place restrictions of > any > > sort of sexually explicit images is cultural relativism and censorship. > To > > me, but maybe not to you, it is simply being responsible. > > > > Re-reading myself, cultural relativism is not the correct description. If > anything, its decried most often as moral absolutism or an assertion of > cultural superiority. Obviously I disagree with that view. The way I see > it, > we as members of the Wikimedia community have a responsibility to not do > harm. This principle, in a necessarily nuanced form, is embodied in the > English Wikipedia policy governing biographies of living people - and it is > past time that the core ideal of taking steps to protect others from being > hurt by our work is extended to images. > > Nathan > > > > -- > Your donations keep Wikipedia running! Support the Wikimedia Foundation > today: http://www.wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
