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by Dreamer » Tue Apr 13, 2004 1:03 pm
Oh, then good idea everyone. Censorship sounds fabulous when you put it this way. Why don't we fast forward this slippery slope as much as possible?
I think it's perfectly safe to start with something we all find generally detestable, encouraging a lifestyle with is abhorrent.
And then why don't we move on to censoring the NAMBLA website? I mean, there must be at least 90% of the population that find both of these topics disgusting.
Maybe then we could move onto other websites encouraging self-destructive behavior. How about suicide? Are there sites supporting suicide? I mean, there's a large majority of people who think this is wrong, right? Okay, maybe anything encouraging physician-assisted suicide for the terminally ill who simply want to die with dignity. I mean, that’s still illegal last time I checked. So toss it. And hell, if it was so easy to censor things only detested by 90% of the population, why not move down to 85% and see how much anger we can inspire. How about porn? How about other forms of free speech?
I'll warn you about something. By the time censorship finds something you don't want censored, it'll be too late. The pendulum will be swinging. and it's a big, fat, heavy pendulum that is going to be VERY hard to stop at this point.
Hate this disease all you want, and detest the fact that it's being encouraged and supported on the web. Hell, I hate it too, and I can't stand that the website is there. (joke or not) I've had personal experience with anorexia and know what it can do. But that doesn't mean it should be censored. We need to protect the freedoms of EVERYONE or we lose them ourselves.
But go ahead and throw water on the slope if you wish. When in Rome... I guess I'll go get my sled.
My sig would have contained the secret of life, but I'd already clicked submit.
