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I think Sae that blind censorship is worse than no guidance, tho' maybe I'm wrong on that. Perhaps I agree with you on this. But then I'm not a mother. I'd think someone so invested would be able to clear this up.

I have a friend who vets what her children watch, (they're young) for example. She'll watch films first to check they're ok.. nothing that will give them nightmares or be disturbing ...she has the welfare of her children at heart, and protects them. This is good censorship IMO.

That indeed is But sometimes parents forget that their children will make their own decisions, and that children should always be able to experience what they are ready for. There indeed is good censorship.

However, I know a few churchgoing parents that won't let their teenage children ready Harry Potter... which i should expect any second grader to be ready for. There is indeed bad censorship

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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

What is a non-criminal pedophile? Is 18 really such a magical age? Is any age a magical one-size-fits all? Not unless we are all clones. There are 13 year olds who are more mature than 50 year olds... that our society has difficulty recognizing that is as a result of not thinking, and usually the societal taboo on thinking even for a moment such things. That arrogance impedes the future, by letting people make decisions they are not ready for... and by not letting people make decisions they are ready for. No good comes from a age-based rights.