Playboy image from 1972 gets ban from IEEE computer journals

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Playboy image from 1972 gets ban from IEEE computer journals
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Since you obviously feel strongly about this issue, you might consider your bias as a reason to read more carefully. Please don't put words in my mouth.

Censorship is a slippery slope.

I read it very carefully. I'm sorry you aren't capable of backing up what you said in the face of someone pointing out that isn't actually censorship.

Further, as many have pointed out, there are plenty of similar reference images available. Not using this image will not impede scientific progress, as you have so implied. (Honestly after 50 years, it's arguable that we have much better reference images now.)

I’m sorry you aren’t capable of backing up what you said in the face of someone pointing out that isn’t actually censorship.

censor

cen·​sor ˈsen(t)-sər

2 of 2
verb

censored; censoring ˈsen(t)-sə-riŋ

transitive verb

: to examine in order to suppress (see suppress sense 2) or delete anything considered objectionable

also : to suppress or delete as objectionable

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