Seconded, particularly (2). The line I use with OTRS and other complainants about muhammad images is simply that; that we cannot favour one particular group, because we'd have to favour a second, and so on - the end result is removing everything anyone could ever find offensive.
On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 4:16 PM, Excirial <[email protected]> wrote: > *There is no general Christian prohibition on depicting Christ. In fact it > is a generally accepted practice. Generally Muslims don't, and consider it > a > mark of disrespect to do so. Why offend?* > > 1) It is a historically important subject which should be covered in an > encyclopedia. > 2) We do not cater to the wishes and desires of any group, no exception. If > we cater one, we have to cater a second, then a third and so on and on. > 3) Anyone who does not wish to see the images can block them - its a > personal choice on whether you do or don't want to see. If there is a > problem with their mere existence there is nothing we can do - we can't > erase them from history. > 4) The images may offend millions, but that still leaves billions who > aren't > offended by them. I would argue that the knowledge needs of the larger > group > outweigh the issues of the smaller group - especially since we are not > forcing anything on the small group. As said in point 3: Images are on > specific pages, and even those are accessible since images can be blocked. > > As said before, we should be careful with content that could be deemed > offensive, to prevent needless friction - For example we shouldn't be > placing images of Muhammad on article's that have only a partial relation > with him, such as "Prophets of Islam". In other words, the are in which > they > are posted should be contained, but not exterminated. > > ~Excirial > > On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 4:57 PM, Fred Bauder <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Have you seen [[Piss Christ]]? How is that different? > > > > There is no general Christian prohibition on depicting Christ. In fact it > > is a generally accepted practice. Generally Muslims don't, and consider > > it a mark of disrespect to do so. Why offend? > > > > Piss Christ was an artistic-political controversy. > > > > Fred Bauder > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > foundation-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
