----- Original Message -----
From: "frank theriault"
Subject: Re: Man Cleared Of Improper Photography At Public Fair
Yes but one man's common sense is another's censorship, and vice
versa....
not that i want to beat a dead horse (well, i guess i do, but what the
hell...<g>), but censorship is a person or body in authority telling
another what they can or can't say, such that the latter feels
compelled by threat of sanction (explicit or implied) to comply.
i'm not talking about that. i'm talking about an entity taking it
upon themselves to act in a socially responsible matter.
that ain't censorship, by any standard.
I Canada, at least, we definitely have censorship when it comes to sex
crimes, anyway.
It is legal, and personally, I think it is encouraged, to publish the names
of men charged with a sex crime, but under the rape-shield law, the name of
the complainant is never released to the press, even if the complaint is
proven to have never happened.
William Robb
