On Sat, May 08, 2010 at 09:46:02PM -0400, Aryeh Gregor wrote:
> On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 4:22 PM, The Cunctator <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hooray for letting American prurience and Larry Sanger's oddities shape the
> > project.
>
> The tolerance of sexual imagery on Wikimedia is a byproduct of Western
> liberal provincialism. Putting sensitivity to the cultural attitudes
> of others above (thoroughly hypocritical) ideals of non-censorship is
> essential to Wikimedia's long-term success, and I'm glad to see that
> people are finally being forced to deal with this.
I would prefer those ideals to be applied non-hypocritically. Isn't the
whole concept of peacefully sharing knowledge (wikis) a byproduct of
"western liberal provincialism"?
sincerely,
Kim Bruning
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