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He doesn't disagree with you, one of his main points was that Wikipedia hosts very very disgusting porn. The fact that children can find porn if they seek it out does not mean we should be presenting it to them on a very public website like Wikipedia. Should it suddenly be ok to post nsfl images everywhere in society because anybody can find it if they really want to? Because I feel like Wikipedia doing this is a step in that direction



What's so disgusting about animated GIFs of men jerking off? Every boy is going to learn how to do that very soon. Given the abominable state of sex education in many parts of the world, I would much rather kids learned about sex on Wikipedia than on porn sites that grossly misrepresent the subject matter.

Some of the BDSM and genital mutilation stuff, to be sure, is rather disturbing. Still, those images and videos are on Wikipedia because there are articles that explain relevant topics. It's not like they will turn up when some kid searches for "boobs".

No, it's not OK to post nsfl images everywhere. But no, I don't think that means we should remove them even from places where they are appropriate. Do you want disturbing images removed from anatomy textbooks, too? Kids can easily find those books in libraries, after all.




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