--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> > wrote: <snip> > > Liberals have always wanted a larger role for > > government than conservatives. But have you > > *ever* known a liberal to advocate censorship? > > You mean besides you?
I've never advocated censorship, as you know. > Well, Frank Zappa certainly felt that what Tipper Gore and her > husband, Little Lord Fauntleroy, were doing vis a vis their > proposal to label records a la the movie rating system was > tantamount to censorship? > > Was Zappa wrong? Depends on what you mean by "tantamount to." It certainly wasn't censorship per se. >From a history of the PMRC: "While the sticker was not considered censorship, it led many record stores to refuse carrying items that were marked with the label. Rap and rock were hit the hardest as they found their sales dropping. By the late 1980s, communities were passing ordinances that restricted or prohibited the sale and airing of certain songs within their localities, thus deepening the stake within the music industry's heart." http://www.geocities.com/fireace_00/pmrc2.html The last sentence above describes genuine censorship. 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/
