2009/3/25 <[email protected]>: > In a message dated 3/25/2009 1:34:36 PM Pacific Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > >> I don't think the IWF will make that mistake again. I never thought >> I'd see so many people being so outspokenly against a charity >> dedicated to fighting child pornography!>> > > This is what you said, which misses the point. > People weren't against them because they are dedicated to fighting child > pornography, so this is a straw man position. > > People were against them because they operate censorship inside a black box. > > Quite a different situation. And why people were so vehement in their > condemnation.
Ah, this is simply a misunderstanding! What I meant was that one would expect people to be thoroughly in support of a charity dedicated to fighting child pornography so the fact that there was such outspoken criticism shows how big a mistake blocking Wikipedia was. I don't think people were against them due to the lack of transparency, I think it was the fact that they blocked an encyclopaedia that annoyed people. (The lack of transparency annoys us, but I'm not sure the general public/media know much about those details.) _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
