Quote:
Originally Posted by Sirtel
I'm grateful to my parents that they didn't try to instill a belief system in their children, but let us make up our own mind.
|
They didn't? We have definitively tried to instill our most important beliefs and values in our children, such as
"Yes, I can see that the people in that other boat is jumping the queue and will get to the quay with the ice cream shop before us. We don't jump the queue, because that is wrong" and
"When I'm telling the story, there will be girl pirates. I'm a girl, and I like pirates" and
"A god is a kind of nice ghost who helps people. Noone knows if they exist, I don't believe they do, but many people do believe in them. You don't have to decide now what you believe, you can do that whenever you want, and change your mind whenever you want".
Quote:
Originally Posted by xyzzy_foo
The banning of books by the government is political, but the banning of Kindle eBooks by Amazon is not supposed to be. They ban legal books at their discretion.
|
I'm not sure I understand what you mean. A private company, like Amazon, can -- and often do -- make political decisions, just like a private person can. I'd say even a decision that is mainly motivated by profit can be political, if it has some kind of significant impact on society.