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Originally Posted by Anabran
Dishonest?? yes
Censorship??
(restricting another's free speech) -no
One could embark upon a vindictive, mean spirited campaign against anyone with ZERO knowledge of the person, Author, Director etc works.
with the sole purpose of Discouraging others from reading/ viewing the subjects works
And one might be guilty of Dishonesty or even Slander or libel
but censorship -nope.
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I didn't say a word about censorship. You said:
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By your argument people in this site/forum were guilty of "censorship" when they (deservedly IMHO), trashed that AWFULL "50 Shades of grey" sex novel as they defacto sought to prevent others from reading the book/s.
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I pointed out that they weren't the same things, that there is a difference between the two scenarios. If people were giving dishonest reviews of 50 Shades it would be as objectionable.
I object to fraudulent reviews, but I wouldn't call it censorship. In any case, it is not the case that only government can censor, it is just that it is only illegal for the government to censor.