On 18 October 2011 11:08, David Gerard <[email protected]> wrote: > On 18 October 2011 10:43, Thomas Morton <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > If an individual expresses a preference to hide certain content, it is > > reasonable for us to provide that option for use at their discretion. > > Anything else is like saying "No, your views on acceptability are wrong > and > > we insist you must see this".[1] > > *That* is censorship. > > > This argument appears to be of the form "black is *actually* just a > very dark shade of white, so offering a choice between beige or cream > to replace black is entirely acceptable." >
Care to expand on that; I've turned it over in my head and don't see the connection :) What I am saying is that if someone prefers black, let them have black. > 1. I appreciate that this is the status quo at the moment, I still think > it > > is censorship, and this is why we must address it as a problem. > > > This is a combination of argument by assertion and the politician's > syllogism. > Not really; it is simply staving off the whole argument of "but this is how we currently do things", which isn't always a good viewpoint. Tom _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
