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- From: williamt@athena.Eng.Sun.COM (Dances with Drums)
- Newsgroups: alt.censorship,talk.politics.misc,alt.privacy,alt.sex
- Subject: Re: To boycott is not to censor
- Date: 31 Dec 1992 22:58:40 GMT
- Organization: Sun Microsystems Inc., Mountain View, CA
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- References: <1992Dec29.183523.1820@wam.umd.edu> <1992Dec31.201703.1848@athena.mit.edu>
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- In article <1992Dec31.201703.1848@athena.mit.edu> wdstarr@athena.mit.edu (William December Starr) writes:
- >is not to censor. To censor is to use force or threat of force to
- >either prevent a person from speaking or to prevent a potential
- >audience member from hearing that person speak.<*>
- ---
- So when a network censor refuses to show something that is too
- explicit, he is threatening force? When the government takes away the
- liquor license of an establishment that shows erotic dancing, that is
- use of force? Your definition is faulty. No use of force is required
- for censorship.
-
-
- >I've seen the statement "Only governments can censor" bandied about in
- >these threads; I think that's generally but not absolutely true.
- ---
- Huh? I would have to disagree. If I refuse to print something in
- my newspaper or magazine -- that is censorship. The government doesn't
- do alot of censorship in our society (its unconstitutional) -- most
- censorship is done by private organizations where it is legal and it
- requires no force or threat there-of.
-
- -wat-
-
- p.s. -- I change the newsgroup line back, since we don't get alt.politics.misc.
- --
- 1935 will go down in history. For the first time, a civilized nation has
- full gun registration. Our streets will be safer, our police more efficient,
- and the world will follow our lead into the future.
- --Adolf Hitler
-