[Imc-uk-features] hidden article 372 403

[mini mouse]

I've unhidden the article having changed the word to fuckwit.

mm

At 6:37 pm +0100 4/6/07, freethepeeps at aktivix.org wrote:
>Quoting mini mouse <mini_mouse at riseup.net>:
>
>>  It's one word in an otherwise excellent report and imho it should be
>>  up on the newswire. Given the choice I know Guy would prefer one word
>>  to be changed than the whole thing to be hidden - as a working
>>  photographer he'll be more than used to editorial decisions going
>>  against him and he'll be more pissed off by the debate than the word
>>  substitution.
>>
>>  I don't really care what the word should be changed to, but I think
>>  someone - probably Genny since she hid it - should just unhide it
>>  asap.
>>
>>  mm
>>
>>
>
>  I appreciate that people have a feeling of loyalty towards the poster - but I
>do not think that we should be setting a precedent of editing posts without
>express permission from the author - which we do not have (and  quite frankly
>it would be crazy for any author to give cart blache permission for 
>any post to
>be edited.)
>
>And if guy is pissed off - hopefully it will be at himself for using 
>the term in
>the first place.
>
>The only immediate work around I can see is for someone to repost without the
>offensive term. Which is something that anybody who looks at a hidden post
>could do.
>
>best
>
>ftp
>
>
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