--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > The three of you have claimed that those > > who have called on ABC to fix the falsehoods > > in "Path to 9/11" or cancel the broadcast > > are advocating "censorship." > > > > That is appallingly ignorant, and a > > misconception that is actually dangerous > > to free speech. > > > > Censorship is when some authority--usually > > a governing body--*requires* an entity to > > remove material it finds offensive and has > > the power to enforce its order. > > This self-serving, hypocritical crap is so > dangerous as to require a second post. > > Censorship does not require any "authority" > to impose it. It can just as easily be imposed > by a group of people with no authority what- > soever, using either legitimate or illegitimate > means of exerting pressure on the people or > publications they want to censor, or the > distributors of those publications. > > A classic ploy in many communities regards the > sale of magazines like Penthouse and Playboy. > Groups of "concerned citizens" (read "uptight > Christians with a bug up their ass about nudity > and sex) send threatening letters to every store > in town that sells magazines, telling them that > if they sell Playboy or Penthouse, this group > will initiate a boycott and keep anyone from > buying *anything* from the stores that still > sell these magazines. Voila. No more sales of > these magazines. This has been done (successfully, > sadly) in *hundreds* of US small towns. > > Now let's look at what Judy herself proposed for > this 911 TV special. She advocated pulling it off > the air and then showing it *after* the election > on pay TV. This is clearly in *exactly* the same > ballpark as the Playboy scam above. It's an attempt > to censor *material* that the critics don't like > by controlling *access* to that material. And in > both cases, if the ploy is successful, the material > itself has been censored (failed to reach an > audience), with absolutely no "authority" involved. > > There are MANY ways to censor. Judy is trying > to present a stilted, dishonest, and hypocritical > "definition" of what censorship to weasal out > of the obvious fact that SHE advocated censor- > ship for political reasons on this forum, only > a few days ago. In Judy's world, if she can > rewrite the definition of being a True Believer > she can pretend that she's not one. Similarly, > it seems that she believes if she can rewrite the > definition of being a censor, she can pretend she's > not one of them, either. > > She is. The facts stand on their own. Only a > few days ago, Judy was calling for pressure to > be put on a national TV network to pull the > show that she didn't like off the air and *not* > allow it to be broadcast before the elections. > *Then* she wanted it shown only on pay TV > channels with a limited and much smaller > audience. > > That's censorship, folks. It's *exactly* the > same ploy as the Playboy scam. You censor not > by editing the content of the article or show > or magazine you object to (although she advocated > *that*, too) but by making the article or show > or magazine UNAVAILABLE. > > THAT is what she advocated. Check the archives. > Judy's definitely a censor, and not even honest > enough to admit it. So much for her rants about > honesty and truthfulness... >
What Judy doesn't realize is that, ironically, if her definition of censorship is correct and she is NOT a censor, then it makes her something much WORSE than a censor: a human rights violator. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
