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acceptable. Knowledge should always welcome surveys of the frequency of human sexual behaviors, and make it clear in articles which are more common than others. However, treating people differently based on the commonness of their sexual proclivities, saying that some people should be singled out and told that their habits are too disgusting to depict – this is antithetical to the inclusiveness which
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It is asserted that the images impose a cost on
Knowledge by driving away readers and potential new editors, but clearly this is false – many a youngster who peers into a library seeking forbidden fruit comes to appreciate the rest of the collection. It is specifically asserted that the images drive
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In conclusion, there is no valid reason for a special crusade against porn, "hardcore" or not. This is not to say that there aren't times when it is encyclopedically preferable to use a diagram rather than a photo of a genuine sex act. This can be done for the same reasons why sometimes we display
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Egyptian protests, and the appearance of his corpse belied statements by Egyptian police that he had choked to death while trying to swallow drugs. At the time when the world was counting on it to provide vital information, Knowledge laid down and submitted to
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It is asserted that it is "not a good thing for young people to be viewing these images". But kids looking for pornography on an uncensored internet connection will find it. If they find it here, at least we know they're not being lured onto a server full of viruses and trojans that is intended to
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The essay draws a line between "hardcore pornography" and "real-life human sexuality where the behavior in question occurs among populations at a notable level". This would, in theory, be a welcome limitation to any policy based on the essay, if people read down that far, but it doesn't make it
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It is asserted that the images are misogynistic and degrading to women. This may be true at times, though it always mystified me just how gay porn was supposed to be included in that. But
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subjects should not contain images which are, themselves, hardcore pornography". Such a policy would be ill-advised. Existing
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censorship – not on minutiae but in its most central role of allowing the people of the world to make informed decisions about their future. We must thoroughly repudiate such habits throughout, in the hope that this will never happen again.
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can edit, and children could be exposed directly to molesters, criminals, all sorts of things. If a kid posts his personal information, all kinds of people could see it. For that matter, Knowledge is just one click away from the official
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web site. A few innocuous images of unsatisfying-looking sexual acts may ensure that parents seriously go over the online facts of life with their kids, and prevent a tragedy from unfolding on
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Knowledge's reputation", but it's not so – Knowledge's reputation is based on its ability to cover the facts, not its adherence to local taboos.
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