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You seem to be determined to interpret "all people should have access to information" through the lens of people trying to reach or indoctrinate others; if you
by JoshTriplett 3y ago
You seem to be determined to interpret "all people should have access to information" through the lens of people trying to reach or indoctrinate others; if you continue to frame it that way I'll assume it's not in good faith. I am not suggesting that anyone has a "right" to get any particular message to any particular audience; nobody has the right to reach, or to a platform. I am suggesting that people have a right to seek out and learn from information even before they're 18.
> You just really don't like the idea that people will raise religious kids
I was using religion as a placeholder for any of a variety of common groups that try to restrict information.
> it sounds like you want your secular world views
Emphatically not. I don't want to see any particular worldviews pushed. I want kids to be able to read and learn. Whatever worldview they ended up with as a result of that, fine, at least they knew that other worldviews exist and what they say.
The path you're advocating is the path by which we get books being removed from libraries because someone complained about something in it. That path does not lead to better worlds.
And to be clear, I'm not advocating an all-or-nothing change here, just a different balance.
> You are justifying means because you like ends.
Yes, I am. From the most restrictive of environments, I have seen many hopeful stories of ingenuity in passing information by word of mouth about how and where to get less restricted access to information. I'm under no illusions that such channels are exclusively used for positive things, and I hope you're under no illusions that such restrictions are exclusively used to "protect".
I don't particularly expect to convince you. You are free to advocate the contrary. I draw hope from the fact that it's nearly impossible to completely restrict access to information, and I wish people the very worst of luck in trying.