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(...) Unoriginal parents? Tim (18 years ago, 16-Apr-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Wait a minute--I just realized that in this little discussion we have a Leonard, two Daves, and three Tims, one of whom qualifies as both a Tim and a David. What's going on here?!? Dave! (18 years ago, 16-Apr-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) SNIP (...) Hey, we don't want any mention of THAT place here! ;-) Tim (18 years ago, 13-Apr-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) What's the standard, then? Does censorship cover anything that doesn't include everything? That would define "censorship" so thinly that it would have no meaning at all. But if we insetad define "censorship" to be an action of government, then (...) (18 years ago, 13-Apr-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) So, you're arguing that censorship can only be effected by a government, or illegally? By illegally, I'm suggesting that a private citizen/organization violates an agreement such as public free speech or their own TOS. Essentially, I think (...) (18 years ago, 13-Apr-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Just because something is a legal restriction of free speech doesn't make it not censorship. Free speech is not a complimentary set of censorship and the two can in fact overlap, likewise the absence of one does not guarantee the presence of (...) (18 years ago, 13-Apr-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Then perhaps we are more closely in agreement than I had realized. (...) Well now you are assuming that I literally believe the Genesis account of creation, which would be a stretch. Given that Western cultures still believed that the Earth (...) (18 years ago, 13-Apr-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Nope. The child and parents can still read the book at the local library or at the bookstore or even online. The private school is choosing not to carry a particular book on private property, which isn't censorship. Suppose I write a book that (...) (18 years ago, 13-Apr-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I definitely disagree. If a private school wants to exclude any and all books from its premisis talking about Darwin's evolutionary theory, that's censorship! Everyone involved might be totally fine with it, and they might have made you aware (...) (18 years ago, 13-Apr-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) In case anyone is interested, I assume you mean this thread: (URL) Of course, BL posts are purged every 6 months so don't bother clicking on any of those links. (18 years ago, 13-Apr-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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