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Originally Posted by richlevy
Censorship has nothing to do with protecting property. The goverment is probably the only "owner" that would censor information they produced unless forced to do so.
Do you believe in censorship to 'protect' the person examining content? Is there anything too disturbing for the avergage adult to handle?
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Agree that censorship cannot be compared to protecting property. Keeping certain information classified to protect a nation from its enemies is about as close as it gets.
I think its up to the "average adult" to decide for themselves what is too disturbing. For example, if I am reading a book, and the author starts to describe in graphic details one of the characters being tortured and goes on for page after gory page, I skip that part of the book or stop reading it completely. Others may have stronger stomachs than I, and read through such descriptions unperturbed. I don't have the right to tell anyone else that they can't read that book because it upset ME. And you don't have the right to prohibit my access to information that may be upsetting to YOU.