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Re: Last Call: <draft-nottingham-safe-hint-05.txt> (The "safe" HTTP Preference) to Proposed Standard

2014-10-24 20:15:07
On 25/10/2014 13:41, Randy Bush wrote:
i tried to look at this draft but my browser would not show it to me.

< decode >

in a diverse and multi-cultural world, norms differ.  widely.  those of
the sender may be quite different than those of the receiver.  this is a
feature, not a bug.

there are cultures in which pictures of unclothed children are highly
objectionable.  there are others which have no problem with this but
where pictures of underclothed adults are inappropriate.  some where
imgages of gods are admired, others where they are forbidden.  and even
some where internet-drafts which impose one culture's mores on others
are objectionable.

Exactly. So how this well defined and interoperable single-bit
indicator is going to achieve anything that is the slightest bit useful
baffles me completely. As far as I can see, the semantic is identical
to RFC 3514.

On balance I don't think that this is harmless. Since it will create
an illusion of "safeness" with absolutely no guarantee, I think it
is highly likely to be abused by scurrilous sites purporting to
provide "safe" material.

    Brian

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