Censorship

[Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM]

"Ross Wright" <rwright at adnetsol.com> writes:

> On or About 26 Jan 97 at 2:19, blanc wrote:
>
> > >Igor Chudov @ home wrote:
> > >>>Jim Choate wrote:
> > >>>>>Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM wrote:
> > >>>>>>>irrelevant at nowhere.com 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. They
hope that they'll be censored less than their "enemies". But a forum
can't be "a little bit censored" just like a woman can't be "a little
bit pregnant".

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Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM
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