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In lugnet.lego.direct, Matthew Miller writes:
> I think Scott is right on this one. While censorship usually has the
> implication of morality-judgements, it's also used in the sense of keeping
> things secret. Think of a military censor, watching the media to keep out
> any information that might give away important tactical information (or sway
> public opinion). Same sorta thing.
I have always believed that censorship was something which happened (or did
not happen) before something is published (or not published). Although
retroactive censorship by a third party (if that is what you consider has
occurred here) may still be contain the word "censorship," it certainly isn't
censorship in the usual sense. To the military example, the military censor's
job is to make sure that the media doesn't get any sensitive information in
the first place. Since there is no automatic or manual review mechansim on
lugnet for ensuring that posts do not contain sensitive information, I don't
think the military example applies here.
--Todd
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| (...) True, that is usually the case. However, according to M-W, to censor is to "[...] suppress or delete anything considered objectionable". "Suppress" certainly has connotations of "before publication", but "delete" doesn't. Anyway. It's not (...) (24 years ago, 10-Aug-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) Agreed. And thanks for digging up the cyberlaw cite, those were the very cases I was referring to, although I was incorrect in referring to Compuserve as a common carrier, their defense was the library defense. (Believe it or not, I think (...) (24 years ago, 10-Aug-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) I think Scott is right on this one. While censorship usually has the implication of morality-judgements, it's also used in the sense of keeping things secret. Think of a military censor, watching the media to keep out any information that (...) (24 years ago, 9-Aug-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.admin.general)
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