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gingermeggs
Joined: 29 Jan 2004
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Lancer-Harmonica...
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| Call me a *beep*, but I think censorship should be non-exsistant. I am a firm believer of open speach. If someone wants to refer to something in a strong way and hasn't good the energy to condure up fancy a$$ words, can't we just say feck it?. |
Okay, you're a beep! You spend way too much time on here..get back to your website and furkin FINISH IT!!!!!! ...and unban me, you little bathplug!! SHEESH, talk about censorship...banned even before I opened my big mouth..... |
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johnslat
Joined: 21 Jan 2003
Posts: 13859
Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
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| Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 10:23 pm Post subject: Let's all yell "Fire" in a crowded theater |
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Dear L.A. - or beep,
Hope you get your website up soon. When you do, it'll be interesting to see whether or not you maintain the same attitude. Being a web site owner/ manager/whatever might - or might not - give you a different perspective on the advantages/disadvantages of "non-existent censorship" and "open speech".
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John |
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leeroy
Joined: 30 Jan 2003
Posts: 777
Location: London UK
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| Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2004 6:01 pm Post subject: |
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As I argued in my (now deleted) "The *beep* beep machine" thread, the argument against censorship wasn't about the inconvenience of not being able to use explitives (as there are ways around it if we really feel the need), it was more the general principle of us not being treated like adults.
Ironically, deleting the thread criticising the beep machine was just childish  . |
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johnslat
Joined: 21 Jan 2003
Posts: 13859
Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
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| Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2004 10:36 pm Post subject: Parental Guidance rating |
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Dear leeroy,
Uh, I hesitate to mention this (it's surely flame-bait), but as it seems you haven't noticed, there are a very few posters here whose posts belie their alleged adulthood.
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John |
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