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Originally Posted by Redcard
That's where Farenheit 451 started. Content descriptors/warnings. Then people took the next step. Why not just outlaw it? Save the step of doing the "warning."
That's my fear. It's one thing to say "let's add descriptors so that parents can make smart decisions." But that's not a far step from that to "Let's outlaw anything anyone finds offensive."
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By that logic, we might as well just nuke everything now, to make sure no one gets upset later...
A descriptor is
not a close step ahead of outlawing. In fact, a descriptor's value is that it
prevents outlawing by providing enough information to make decisions. Those afraid to make decisions resort to outlawing... the lazy way out.
As the music industry has demonstrated, adding descriptors to their product is not that hard.