Hoi, When you consider that the current proposal is for a system where it takes one click to see something anyway, I do think the notion that something is not knowable is over the top. Thanks, Gerard
On 12 March 2012 14:07, David Gerard <dger...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 12 March 2012 12:28, Richard Symonds > <richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: > > > deepest parts of the US bible belt, and areas such as Pakistan and India, > > which have sizeable English-speaking populations and a very strong > religious > > vein. With such a diverse worldwide readership on one language, it is > only > > natural that people from the bible belt /do/ have a say in whether or not > > having an image filter is appropriate. We owe it to these people to make > > sure that Wikipedia is not blocked in their countries. > > > You're describing places in terms of fundamentally rejecting the > Enlightenment. General encyclopedias, starting from l'Encyclopedie, > are an Enlightenment project. Ultimately, we can't cripple Wikipedia > for the world because some parts of it are not happy with the idea of > people being allowed to know stuff in general. > > > - d. > > _______________________________________________ > 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