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Originally Posted by VaporPunk
No its not. Its a bunch of suits in a corporate boardroom deciding that they will ban a popular band because of its political position. Its an attempt at censorship, plain and simple. It might be legally within their rights, but its not right.
Motivation matters. I'm not saying a band has a right to be played, I'm saying a corporation that bans a band that doesn't have the "right" politics is practicing a form of censorship. And it should be called out on it.
Going back to the roots of this discussion, it all started with this statement.
I disagree. Corporations are also capable of censorship. See above for example.
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While I understand your position, I have to say one of the things that I
Love about the USA is that we as people (and ones who own companies)
can (for the most part) chose what to sell or not.
If I own a store I do not have to sell an item that I don't want to sell.
So I could chose to sell a particular; I can also (for the most part)
chose to not sell an item. I can also in a way "Censor" the purchases
to customers at my discretion. I can choose to Not sell razor blades
and apples to a person on Halloween.
I can also choose to Not sell an Item that may offend a customer.
(and yes a lot of people get offended by music) So if I have 2%
of my customers that want an album but I know it will offend
60% others in just makes straight business sense to Not sell it.
I like Heavy Metal but I'm sure many others do not appreciate it.
Some is from ignorance, they see the band name and think they
are "Evil" without realizing where the name came from.