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Re: Censorship
On or About 26 Jan 97 at 22:28, Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM wrote:
> "Ross Wright" <[email protected]> writes:
>
> > On or About 26 Jan 97 at 2:19, blanc wrote:
> >> > > >Igor Chudov @ home wrote:
> > > >>>Jim Choate wrote:
> > > >>>>>Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM wrote:
> > > >>>>>>>[email protected] wrote:
> > > >>>>>>>>>>Dale Thorn wrote:
> > >
> > > It can be said 100,000 times, but it still comes out the same:
> > > Just as in "The only cure for bad speech is more speech", "the
> > > only cure for 'list-focus-drift' is more on-focus postings".
> >
> > THE PRICE OF FREE SPEECH IS TOLERANCE OF IDEAS THAT WE MAY
> > OBJECT TO.
>
> Comversely, some people are willing to give up their own freedom of
> speech so as to silence others whose views they don't like.
Who could be that stupid? Why would they even want to give up an
inch of their freedoms?
>They
> hope that they'll be censored less than their "enemies".
A weak hope at best. Once you start censoring it becomes a "Slippery
Slope".
> But a forum
> can't be "a little bit censored" just like a woman can't be "a
> little bit pregnant".
You got that right!
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