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bigjantailor · 08-11-2012, 01:55 PM

Hemmingway in For Whom The Bell Tolls tells a Russian parable that goes something like, 'There are two types of idots in Russia; the summer idiot and the winter idiot. The summer idiot comes to your door and you see is an idiot. The winter idiot comes to your door wearing a coat and covered in snow so you say come in it is cold outside. The idiot brushes off the snow, takes off his coat, sweater and boot and you see he is an idiot.'

Censorship is like giving an idiot a coat. The more there is the less of person's true charcter is seen. This is why dictiorial nations take away freedom of the press and free speach. If we have to put up with smut - however amoral - to save us from the type of opression happening in Syria and has happen in so many other country that endorce censorship so be it.

I also wish there was a way to fight agianst war without continuing the fight by using that word. War is so much more repugnat and abhorent than any pornography but we continue to glorify it with statment like the 'greatest generation' why? Because tens of millions of people die during their shift? Or because they had to be heroic to squash the evil? How about a generation be great because they got along... because there is no evil to fight? I find it ironic that Ragen (sp) was idiolized for ending the cold war by escliating it and beleiving in the end of the world. But Gobcheve (sp) a man who in a nuclear readyness test could not bring himself to launch a SIMULATED retaliory attack on the US is seen in a lesser light as the man who capitualted and is therefore week.

Anyhow, I'm not saying we should ban books about war.

Augustjen: When I feel a need to help the world with the many problem created by life that have caused people to become for lack of a better word 'broken', I volunteer. I feel helping with alcoholic and addicts is a better way to stop the cycle of 'broken people' doing abhorent things. I know this sound trite but when a person who is a life time criminal, alcoholic, or addict says, 'I don't know any other way,' it is becasue they don't.

Have fun, Jan

08-11-2012, 01:55 PM	#37
bigjantailor Defender of Consciousness Posts: 69 Karma: 3323596 Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Vancouver Device: none	Hemmingway in For Whom The Bell Tolls tells a Russian parable that goes something like, 'There are two types of idots in Russia; the summer idiot and the winter idiot. The summer idiot comes to your door and you see is an idiot. The winter idiot comes to your door wearing a coat and covered in snow so you say come in it is cold outside. The idiot brushes off the snow, takes off his coat, sweater and boot and you see he is an idiot.' Censorship is like giving an idiot a coat. The more there is the less of person's true charcter is seen. This is why dictiorial nations take away freedom of the press and free speach. If we have to put up with smut - however amoral - to save us from the type of opression happening in Syria and has happen in so many other country that endorce censorship so be it. I also wish there was a way to fight agianst war without continuing the fight by using that word. War is so much more repugnat and abhorent than any pornography but we continue to glorify it with statment like the 'greatest generation' why? Because tens of millions of people die during their shift? Or because they had to be heroic to squash the evil? How about a generation be great because they got along... because there is no evil to fight? I find it ironic that Ragen (sp) was idiolized for ending the cold war by escliating it and beleiving in the end of the world. But Gobcheve (sp) a man who in a nuclear readyness test could not bring himself to launch a SIMULATED retaliory attack on the US is seen in a lesser light as the man who capitualted and is therefore week. Anyhow, I'm not saying we should ban books about war. Augustjen: When I feel a need to help the world with the many problem created by life that have caused people to become for lack of a better word 'broken', I volunteer. I feel helping with alcoholic and addicts is a better way to stop the cycle of 'broken people' doing abhorent things. I know this sound trite but when a person who is a life time criminal, alcoholic, or addict says, 'I don't know any other way,' it is becasue they don't. Have fun, Jan