On Tue, Apr 29, 2003 at 09:27:08PM -0500, Edgar Friendly wrote: > To: devl at freenetproject.org > Subject: Re: [freenet-dev] Contraversial Issue - Gateway page link policy > References: <20030430015816.GC22314 at locut.us> > From: Edgar Friendly <thelema at swbell.net> > Date: 29 Apr 2003 21:27:07 -0500 > In-Reply-To: <20030430015816.GC22314 at locut.us> > Message-ID: <m21xzkk9dw.fsf at thelema.dyndns.org> > Lines: 20 > User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Ian Clarke <ian at locut.us> writes: > > <SNIP> > > > To be perfectly honest I have not decided which of these perspectives I > > personally agree with, so I am putting it out there to the mailing list > > for comment and discussion. This obviously has the potential to be a > > very contentious issue, so please keep the discussion civil and > > rational. > > > > Ian. > > > > Trying to prevent people from seeing porn while > using the net seems like a losing proposition, freenet doubly so.
There is a difference between preventing google from returning illegal pictures if you search for "hot kiddie porn", and linking to child porn sites on the front page of yahoo. Indexes such as TFE are closer to yahoo than google. They are not content neutral because they use humans to describe sites, categorize sites, and decide whether or not to activelink sites. > > Thelema > -- > E-mail: thelema at swbell.net Raabu and Piisu > GPG 1024D/36352AAB fpr:756D F615 B4F3 BFFC 02C7 84B7 D8D7 6ECE 3635 2AAB _______________________________________________ devl mailing list devl at freenetproject.org http://hawk.freenetproject.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl
