Hey Milosh, I think we all say things in private mails that we wouldn't post on public lists. If I posted any of a number of my private emails to our office mailing list I'd be at risk of getting fired. I think highly of you, and I'm sure most of the people here do, even when they disagree with you.
Anyway, to the issue: I understand the attitude of being against censorship at any costs - it is a very important fight. But as H.L. Mencken said: "Liberty is not a thing for the great masses of men. It is the exclusive possession of a small and disreputable minority ..." The thing is, even if a lot of Wikipedia is written by a disreputable minority, we want it to go to the great masses. I completely get what Sarah is saying here: not everyone wants that hard uncompromising focus on uncensored liberty: it's inconvenient in "polite society". Sure, the image hiding feature is a compromise, but it's not a bad one. It's not intended to remove any images from Wikipedia, just to allow users to make Wikipedia SFW (or SFL, depending on who you are) as required, and is totally reversible, so I support it. -- David Richfield _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
