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Originally Posted by AlphaFrog
How do you figure it's an intellectual converstation, when you don't understand the actual defintion of censorship?
Dubbing "ass" in a movie to say "butt" on broadcast TV is censorship...giving it a PG rating is not.
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I understand exactly what censorship is--I simply believe there are various degrees of censorship, some of which are more serious than others.
Censorship: deleting parts of publications or correspondence or theatrical performances
Walmart deletes various parts of cds that they deem inappropriate, primarily, profanity.
Censor: any person who supervises the manners or morality of others
So, if you consider the ROOT WORD of censorship, I am not exactly off topic, at all. I simply disagree with your immutable view of what censorship is, and what qualifies as censorship. There are various avenues of censorship, whether it is directly omitting information, or simply deterring individuals from viewing the material itself.
Definitions are courtesy of dictionary.com, by the way.
