Karen wrote:
> The front page should have a note on it in the
introduction, saying
> something like 'While the wikipedia does not condone obscenity,
articles
> may contain adult concepts and language unsuitable
for children.
Please
> supervise your children's access.' or
whatever...
Erik replied:
I strongly object against this. This implies that the
concept of
obscenity
is generally shared, which it isn't. If you get
your obscenity
warning label,
I want my "religious content" warning label.
And someone else may
want a
warning label that Wikipedia may be offensive to people
having
suffered from
certain traumas. And maybe the creationists and
anti-abortionists
want one, too.
I am not interested in endorsing RSAC in any way (or any other of the
clumsy inaccurate tools used to protect people from information on
breast cancer, anarchism, political prisoners, etc.) Software IMHO
is not a substitute for parenting, which of course includes answering
difficult questions (lest you want them to find answers from someone
else, which children invariably will).
kq