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Article #2799Freedom of expression and the angry mob
From: Stephen Boursy
Date: Sun, 13 Aug 1995 00:00
Date: Sun, 13 Aug 1995 00:00
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In article <143526@cup.portal.com>, <James_J_Kowalczyk@cup.portal.com> wrote: >ab330@torfree.net (Bob Allisat) writes: > >> Freedom of expression is a funny thing. >> No matter how many people are against it >> our right to speak freely remains. Stand >> pat Steve. Censorship is insideous and >> often takes the form of polite requests >> to shut the fuck up. >> >> In solidarity, >> >> Bob Allisat > > >Just on the off-chance that these are not trolls, >I would like to ask Bob if he even knows the definition of "censorship"? > >You might want to take a look in a good dictionary. >Telling someone to shut up is not censorship. >Criticism is not censorship. >Editing is not censorship. > Angry mobs trying to shout someone down is certainly a brand of censorship--one of the abhorant in fact and one frequently accepted by proponants of so-called 'netettiquette'. In fact--some of them even write books or have publically funded TV shows on netettiquette and then flame away. Steve
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1130cb,aff60c18a300152b X-Google-Attributes: gid1130cb,public X-Google-Thread: 100ecf,83d33ac7a0a4eab7,start X-Google-Attributes: gid100ecf,public X-Google-Thread: 109f22,83d33ac7a0a4eab7,start X-Google-Attributes: gid109f22,public X-Google-Thread: 1159e4,83d33ac7a0a4eab7,start X-Google-Attributes: gid1159e4,public X-Google-Thread: ffe14,83d33ac7a0a4eab7,start X-Google-Attributes: gidffe14,public From: boursy@world.std.com (Stephen Boursy) Subject: Freedom of expression and the angry mob Date: 1995/08/13 Message-ID: <DD925v.LBq@world.std.com> X-Deja-AN: 108094009 references: <dkennedy-0808951903480001@slip-5-1.shore.net> <40an6c$gv5@zip.eecs.umich.edu> <DD686K.BGp.0.queen@torfree.net> <143526@cup.portal.com> organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA newsgroups: ne.general,alt.politics.reform,earth.general,alt.wired,alt.activism