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On 06/05/12 10:00, Simon Waters wrote: > On 05/05/12 22:25, paul sutton wrote: >> I suppose the word Naked springs to mind in terms of safety, such as Do >> not use naked flames near >> flammable liquids, if that was blocked it would be interesting from a >> safety point of view > I think there are a lot more, and the slang varies with context. > Remember "rubbers" are "erasers" in US English. > > Indeed one of the CDs I have in the car has a load of lyrics based on > similar double entendres, and any rudeness is entirely in the listeners > head I'm sure. Of course such albums generally have a warning on them. Paul > > I'm not sure such errors are the major problem. > > However the point is that such lists have errors, or misclassifications, > whatever the cause of those errors (and I don't rule out malice on the > part of the list compiler. > > Think website of political party the list compositor doesn't like just > before the general election. > > These errors are of both types - sites missing (inevitable as the web > grows and changes), and sites added in error. > > Whilst people opt into a provider of censorship, then the errors are the > fault of the supplier. I think opting out does change the legal argument > around such errors, if only because of the numbers involved, but whether > it does so sufficiently to change how courts view it is another question. > > Often the main victim will be the difficult edge cases, especially if > classification is done mechanically; Rape victim support, sex education, > safe sex advice - pick one you want to block that you think might be > less important than preventing your kid seeing porn. > -- -- http://www.zleap.net http://www.ubuntu.com skype : psutton111 http://www.linkedin.com/pub/paul-sutton/36/595/911 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq