I will restate what I've always said to these anti-censorship views.
There are reasons why some people should be censored. Maybe it's because they are too young (film, book, TV censorship) and in my opinion that is appropriate; maybe it's because they have their rights restricted (such as criminals ... that is a form of censorship); maybe it's because they have victims (again criminals ... in an uncensored world paedophiles, whether criminal or not, would have access to their victims AND access to the materials they crave); there are things I wouldn't want everyone to know about me and my family (and neither would they ... that is censorship) and I am sure I could think of many more examples.
In principle I agree with keeping censorship to a minimum BUT they way people talk about it here strikes me as fairy gah gah land ... idealism is a good thing but it has to be tempered by practical concepts such as consequences! My children were not allowed to watch 15 certificate films until they were very close to that age, for 18's we were a bit more lax but still applied restrictions ... that is censorship and it was in my opinion and in theirs a good thing.
Kyu
There are reasons why some people should be censored. Maybe it's because they are too young (film, book, TV censorship) and in my opinion that is appropriate; maybe it's because they have their rights restricted (such as criminals ... that is a form of censorship); maybe it's because they have victims (again criminals ... in an uncensored world paedophiles, whether criminal or not, would have access to their victims AND access to the materials they crave); there are things I wouldn't want everyone to know about me and my family (and neither would they ... that is censorship) and I am sure I could think of many more examples.
In principle I agree with keeping censorship to a minimum BUT they way people talk about it here strikes me as fairy gah gah land ... idealism is a good thing but it has to be tempered by practical concepts such as consequences! My children were not allowed to watch 15 certificate films until they were very close to that age, for 18's we were a bit more lax but still applied restrictions ... that is censorship and it was in my opinion and in theirs a good thing.
Kyu
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