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| Absolutely, China stlye. |
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| Yes, most of the time. |
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| I am the gatekeeper, I decide. |
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| Allow civil discussion free from PERSONAL attacks. |
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| Censorship should be curtailed. |
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| You should be allowed to say what you think and feel. |
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soakitincider
Joined: 19 Oct 2009
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 Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 8:35 pm Post subject: Censorship |
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| Given the state of our planet, do you think it wise to censor civil discourse? If so, why? |
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On the other hand
Joined: 19 Apr 2003
Location: I walk along the avenue
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(Assuming that this question isn't being asked as part of someone's personal agenda...)
I believe that the only type of speech that should be illegal is direct incitement to criminal activity. Bascially, you explicitly suggest criminal activity to someone who you know is likely to carry it out. I'm not talking about "Joe wrote on his blog that abortion is murder, and then someone out in cyberland read that and decided to blow up a clinic". Basically, I'm thinking of situations where the speech in question is the direct and indispensable cause of the illegal behaviour. |
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bacasper
Joined: 26 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 1:01 am Post subject: |
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| If the discourse is civil, why censor it? |
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freethought
Joined: 13 Mar 2005
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| define censoring. Media blocks? Criminal charges? intel programs that block/censor posts on the internet similar to Dave's if I write the words *beep* you? |
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bacasper
Joined: 26 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 6:01 am Post subject: |
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| A. J. Liebling wrote: |
| Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one. |
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chris_J2
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
Location: From Brisbane, Au.
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economicmayhem
Joined: 22 Oct 2009
Location: Yong In
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| Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 9:44 pm Post subject: Re: Censorship |
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| soakitincider wrote: |
| Given the state of our planet, do you think it wise to censor civil discourse? If so, why? |
Say whatever you want as long as it doesn't cause undue monetary damage to individual; owners of property should be allowed to kick out opinions as they see fit, such as this message board. |
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Koveras
Joined: 09 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 6:29 am Post subject: Re: Censorship |
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| soakitincider wrote: |
| Given the state of our planet, do you think it wise to censor civil discourse? If so, why? |
What do you mean by the state of our planet? And what do you mean by civil discourse?
My first response to your question is that censorship (not only of mere information) is one of the main purposes of government, and that the wisdom of any censorship must vary with the wisdom of said government. |
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