Posted by kid_A on September 16, 2001, at 14:17:18
In reply to Dr. Bob ditch the political correctness, posted by NLFAmerica on September 15, 2001, at 10:27:27
> We have a thing in America called freedom of speech. Some take it very seriously. I know I do.
There seems to be a comonality in the general populace that includes a true misunderstanding of not only freedom of speach, but censorship as well...
People think that if they are censored by another's printing press that they are some how being opressed, that in some way their constitutional rights are being violated.
True censorship exists in many places in this world, such as Nicaragua. There was a small independant newspaper who's goal was to aid the suffering indigenous peoples in the struggle against opression. The important word here is -was- because the paper's offices were bombed and several of its writers were killed.
That is true censorship, we shouldnt ever forget that.
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