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Originally posted by Stealthy
I was having a discussion a while back about censorship on the radio, but now I'd like to talk about censorship in general. To me, when something is censored, it's like we're being told "Well, you're not capable of making the decision whether this is acceptable or not, so we'll make it for you." The question is, who are "They" to make that decision for ME? Is it the churches, christian groups, the government, or some other self-appointed, self-important, meglomaniacal group just looking out for the "Common good"? I personally find censorship in any form to be offensive unto itself, regardless of the subject matter. Not to say that EVERYTHING should be allowable, but that persons over the age of majority should have the right to decide what they will see, and listen to FOR THEMSELVES.
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To answer your question (sort of), those decisions get made by a group commonly referred to as the "moral majority". Now whose morals they base their decisions on is completely beyond me, but they do seem to have a pretty loud voice... or at least the name comes up in the news a lot... and they seem to have a frightening amount of influence over lawmakers.
Then there are these little things called "decency laws", which are, for the most part, extremely vague and wide open to a vast array of interpretations depending entirely, of course, upon who is reading them and what they are being applied to.
Personally, I am diametrically opposed to censorship in any form, which is exactly why I will never be elected to public office
I'm not even going to touch the BumFights thing, because I'm not sure about the relevancy in relationship to the cencorship argument.
And on a personal note... Hiya Dank!
re: multiple edits - Yeah, one of these days I'll learn to spell as I type rather than after the fact lol