Re: Nigel Williams from childnet intl on ABC Media Report)

Tony Barry (tony@ningaui.anu.edu.au)
Fri, 24 Oct 1997 17:06:28 +1000

At 10:31 PM 23/10/97, Michael Baker wrote:
>I'm still debating with myself if it would be worthwile developing
>a mathematical proof of the impossibility of developing a useable
>universal rating content system.

Who need maths! Its self evident. Different groups of humans have
different sets of moral values which might involve which people of one sex
are allowed to view which parts of another, which animals can be eaten, in
what situations violence is immoral or might be salutory and whether it is
good or bad to talk about one, many or no God and in what contexts.

Tony

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