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The discussion is about attitudes towards censorship. The point of my comment was that Americans are willing to accept censorship, as long as it's "legal". And
by smokeyj 14y ago
The discussion is about attitudes towards censorship. The point of my comment was that Americans are willing to accept censorship, as long as it's "legal". And I think history is on my side. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_the_United_States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_the_United_States
- redwood 14y agoAgain: there's a difference between - blocking an [avenue] to information where other avenues exist, and - blocking information
- redwood 14y agoPress Freedom Index scores: - United States: 14 - China: 136 Let's not lose focus of this very drastic difference. Sure 14 is too high, but it's not appropriate to bring it up in the context of China, in my opinion. But then, I shouldn't censor you, should i?
- smokeyj 14y agoDid I claim China was freer than the US? I didn't mean to, and would have been outside the scope of the point I was trying to make.. which was American's are tolerant of censorship.