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"If the New Coke was available on the shelves to my local supermarket yesterday but is entirely unavailable today, it has been censored." I would argue: "No -
by vanusa 5y ago
"If the New Coke was available on the shelves to my local supermarket yesterday but is entirely unavailable today, it has been censored."
I would argue: "No - either the supermarket, or Coca-Cola decided it wasn't selling very well."
In case you're too young to remember New Coke -- and how its sudden removal was so traumatic for an entire generation:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Coke https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Coke
- branon 5y agoOkay, and I would counter-argue: your analogy doesn't make sense, we are talking about intellectual works of speech and information, not physical goods. I hate to say this is a strawman because claiming logical fallacy is overused in Internet discourse, but that's what your comment feels like. Along with some ageism sprinkled in as an afterthought. Of course censorship is not applicable to a physical product. I have only referred to the censorship of "speech, public communication, or other information." Sorry, I don't get where you are going with this at all.
- vanusa 5y agoOK, let me try again: "If your local 7-Eleven had Oui and Hustler on its racks last week, but they are gone this week, it has been censored." I would argue: "No - 7-Eleven either decided just those titles weren't selling all at that well. On top of generating negative press, and driving away families with children."