Posted on 02/17/2008 6:57:29 AM PST by angkor
Wikipedia, the free online encyclopaedia, is refusing to remove medieval artistic depictions of the Prophet Muhammad, despite being flooded with complaints from Muslims demanding the images be deleted. More than 180,000 worldwide have joined an online protest claiming the images.... are offensive to Islam, which prohibits any representation of Muhammad. But the defiant editors of the encyclopaedia insist they will not bow to pressure and say anyone objecting to the controversial images can simply adjust their computers so they do not have to look at them.
[snip]Muslims and argue the least Wikipedia can do is blur or blank out the faces. Such has been the adverse reaction, Wikipedia has been forced to set up a separate page on its site explaining why it refuses to bow to pressure and has also had to set up measures to block people from 'editing' the pages themselves. In a robust statement on the site, its editors state: 'Wikipedia recognises that there are cultural traditions among some Muslim groups that prohibit depictions of Muhammad and other prophets and that some Muslims are offended when those traditions are violated. However, the prohibitions are not universal among Muslim communities, particularly with the Shia who, while prohibiting the images, are less strict about it. 'Since Wikipedia is an encyclopedia with the goal of representing all topics from a neutral point of view, Wikipedia is not censored for the benefit of any particular group. 'So long as they are relevant to the article and do not violate any of Wikipedia's existing policies, nor the law of the US state of Florida where Wikipedia's servers are hosted, no content or images will be removed because people find them objectionable or offensive.'
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(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...
For those with an axe to grind against Wikipedia, bear in mind that (a) they've been cleaning up their act although not perfectly as more people use it, (b) if you object to Wikipedia content, join the service (for free) and become an editor, and (c) their current stance against the Islamic fascists is much bolder than anything that ever came from the MSM.
I’m glad to see them taking a stand.
Cool!
Hope they are ready for a massive DNS attack. BTW I agree with your comments on wiki. They are coming along nicely.
This is very heartening.
>>>>Hope they are ready for a massive DNS attack.
There are parties who believe in massive counterhacks against the Muslim halfwits.
It’s pretty much certain that most ISPs originating in Muslim lands are very poorly protected.
Which is not true in the USA.
Amazing, wikipedia is actually right about something!
Pictures of Muhammed are sold in bazaars in Iran.
I would just love to dare some bored hackers to hack into public advertising screens anywhere on earth, electronic billboards, advertising signs or jumbotrons at a sporting event and put the mohammed bomb head up.
Interesting to see how this works out.
Wikipedia is mildly biased toward liberalism, but on most subjects I have found them reliable. You just can’t expect to get all the facts if the subject is politicized.
This is what the cave dwellers are upset about:
Just amazing.
I had no idea Wikipedia was based in Florida.
It’s amazing - or perhaps expected - that Muslim junior jihadis are too dense to click on Tools|Options|Content to disable automatic image loading.
Of course that might impede their porn surfing.
The biggest insult to Islam are the people who practice it.
>>>>>The biggest insult to Islam are the people who practice it.
The doctrines of murder, theivery, lying, genocide, and monumental and willful self-deception don’t help them to attract “the best of the best”.
He's a perv.
Is he wrapping up the head of a nonbeliever? strange picture. I’m sure there is more to it than I can figure out (early in the morning and my eyes don’t work very well yet).
Better even than finding osama, would be to deconstruct the network the mooslems have been using to dissimate the crap they use to chip, chip, chip into the fabric of western society.
There is a plan at work here, and where there is a plan, there is a planner.
Evidence the footwashing issue, the picture of mohammed issue, the mosque-building and the prayer-screeching 5 times a day issues, etcetcetc.
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