On 8/15/2015 12:10 PM, Anne Archibald wrote:
If we're being precise about language, this image is not unobjectionable: there are indeed people who have objections to it:
You misunderstand: I was *asserting* that it is unobjectionable. Merely noting that some people object is the wrong measure, and that is the path to censorship. For a recent discussion, I recommend http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/09/the-coddling-of-the-amer...
this image is not being proposed for removal for feminist reasons. It is being proposed for removal because the license is a problem.
As you know, I made no case against removing it. Someone else mentioned the possibility of code breaking. If code breaking is a concern, it would be possible for skimage.data.lena() to fetch the image from the USC-SIPI Image Database http://sipi.usc.edu/database/download.php?vol=misc&img=4.2.04
Please don't play devil's advocate or language-lawyer with social-justice issues.
I did neither. I do claim that there is no social justice issue involved beyond the risk that the vagaries of popular opinion can be advanced as justifications for censorship and cultural destruction. For a recent discussion, I recommend http://laurakipnis.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/My-Title-IX-Inquisition-Th... Don't worry; I'll say nothing further about this. Cheers, Alan Isaac