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Subject: Re: [thingiverse] all this talk about weapons....
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What if we just wait until there is some evidence of someone actually
blocking access to thingiverse because of its content, and then resume
this discussion once we see what things crossed the line. This is a
good, empirical measure of offensiveness, and we can forget about all
these censoring discussions until someone actually blocks the site, if
ever.

On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 12:50 PM, tmo <tmoph...@gmail.com> wrote:
> in all seriousness, =A0what exactly is a weapon?
>
> someone could seriously injure if not kill another person with a
> screwless heart gear thrown out of a moving car. =A0it fits perfectly in
> ones hand, it can be rotated so its spikey. =A0give that to a ill
> tempered 3 year old in a kindergarten setting and someone is going to
> get hurt.
>
> i know that is a stupid example but where is the line drawn? =A0who
> draws that line?
>
> and ultimately what and who are you protecting from banning this
> stuff? =A0kids see more weapons and violence on tv than at any point in
> history and parents park them in front of that for hours a day.
>
> all of this discussion on weapons is meaningless until there is a
> clear cut definition of what is, what can be and what isn't a
> weapon.
>
> if thingiverse were to ban weapons, thingiverse would suck if i was
> the person deciding what is and is not a weapon. =A0everything is a
> weapon in the hands of someone who is creative and wants to do
> violence to others..
>
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