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Can you please expand on your point?

• perl4ever 6y ago
  Has there ever been any evidence for anything that has ended debate on the topic for everyone, universally? Of course not. Russell meant "conclusive" with respect to a small group of right minded people, that should be deciding things. He wasn't against an arbitrary group of elites deciding what is true, he was just against the wrong group vaguely identified as "the State". I'm not saying I'm pro or con anyone censoring things, my point is that people who talked about censorship traditionally took for granted that someone responsible was in control if the people they didn't like weren't.
  • chmod600 6y ago
    Your analysis doesn't seem to affect the most important part of the quotation, which is that free thought is impossible when some opinions too dangerous to express.