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Originally Posted by kathykd2005
How is the comparison to Terry Schiavo silly? I think it illustrates beautifully just how many mundane ways our country's politicians waste time. However you want to look at it, tv ratings and channel blocks are censorship. I will cite you a specific example, which actually DID happen to me when I was living in VA. Whether you want to believe it or not, there are A LOT more places that don't sell certain products to teenagers than you would think. I was turned away from buying a certain cd, also from attending a certain movie, and once even prohibited from buying a lighter. Again, all of these instances happened when I was under-aged, but they still occurred, whether you want to admit it or not. Again, agree to disagree. If you want to believe that there is NO CENSORSHIP in America, go ahead and do so.
I think your citation of Humpty Dumpty is fitting, because some people prefer to live in a nursery-rhyme world. In case you didn't know, nursery rhymes also have hidden meanings, just like fairy tales. Humpty Dumpty, as it seems, was actually a cannon and alludes to the conflict between Puritans and Cavaliers in England. Interestingly, Puritans are also where Americans got the idea for censorship, for which we are so often criticized by Europeans.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humpty_Dumpty
Or that's one theory among several.
Are you really claiming the Puritans were the first Europeans to think up censorship? What do you think Kings and lords did? Let the peasants run around saying whatever they wanted? Hell you had to change your religion on a regular basis to stay in good graces, you certainly had to keep your mouth shut. I'll grant you the Puritans were so stodgy the British wished them well when they left but that doesn't mean they invented censorship.
Age restriction doesn't equal censorship, the information is freely available but this country has acknowledged that minors have more restricted rights than adults. If you disagree with this concept, lets let 6 year olds drink, smoke, drive, go to R Rated movies and work 40 hours a week.
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