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JasonB · 12-16-2010, 02:15 PM

@devilsadvocate and CleverClothe - The factual act of censorship itself has no value judgement. Either something has been censored or it hasn't. (I suppose whether something specific has or hasn't been could be up for debate.) The reasoning / intention behind the censorship can be arguably bad or good - or "not applicable" if you believe that such a thing as unintentional censorship can exist.

"After all, it's only censorship if we disagree with it, right?" No, I wouldn't say that. A lot of people think that censoring some things is a good thing, and agree with it. They don't believe that then means that there was no censorship.

12-16-2010, 02:15 PM	#223
JasonB Connoisseur Posts: 92 Karma: 15000 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Toronto, Canada Device: Sony PRS-505	@devilsadvocate and CleverClothe - The factual act of censorship itself has no value judgement. Either something has been censored or it hasn't. (I suppose whether something specific has or hasn't been could be up for debate.) The reasoning / intention behind the censorship can be arguably bad or good - or "not applicable" if you believe that such a thing as unintentional censorship can exist. "After all, it's only censorship if we disagree with it, right?" No, I wouldn't say that. A lot of people think that censoring some things is a good thing, and agree with it. They don't believe that then means that there was no censorship. Last edited by JasonB; 12-16-2010 at 02:27 PM.