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When does passive tolerance and storage of questionable material endorse such material?
I'm thinking in particular of the case of Wikipedia and its policy of no censorship. For example, Wikipedia contains some violent and/or disturbing images. Is Wikipedia responsible if, say, a kid stumbles on the Thích Quảng Đức article (< http://enwp.org/Th%C3%ADch_Qu%E1%BA%A3ng_%C4%90%E1... >) and was frightened? What if someone imitated the monk? Is censorship compatible with the neutral presentation of information?
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- RatZLv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
So what if a kid is frightened? Is everyone supposed to live in a bubble where they never feel anything, are offended, or affected? I'd only think there was a case for stepping in when someone is endorsing the murder of an identified group.
- Fred BauderLv 71 decade ago
You probably are not old enough to remember the event. It does not belong in a footnote with the image suppressed: "Photos of his self-immolation were circulated widely across the world" Someone will imitate the monk, and indeed they do all the time. What do you think a suicide bomber is?
I do think it is wrong to display images of Muhammad, comic or otherwise. It is obviously offensive to millions of people, and there are no accurate depictions of how he looked.