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Censoring Unpopular Speech? (Re: Good news for collectors (was Re: 1593 box photos!))
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Fri, 23 Mar 2001 15:32:41 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> In lugnet.market.auction, Scott Sanburn writes:
> > George & All,
> > > > Well, both Black & Veatch and Cleanweb filtered out this • site. What is the
> > > > summary of this?
> > > > Secondly, what is on there that would make this site • filterable (Keep in
> > > > mind LUGNET's usage policy, of course!)
> > >
> > > Theonion is filtered at my workplace, though I don't know
> > > what web filter is
> > > being used. I imagine it's for the humor, which can be
> > > raunchy at times.
> > > Somewhat akin to National Lampoon, when it was funny.
> >
> > Ah, I see. Hmm.. It is just like Cleanweb, they filtered
> > official gun makers websites as well. Lovely service.
> >
> > Anyway, thanks for the info!
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> You can always go check the site of Senator Dick Armey, who
> is one of the staunchest proponents of censorware...oh, wait.
> His site is blocked out by all known filter programs. ;)
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> There's a site devoted to censorware foibles, including a
> high school that couldn't access its own site (the word
> "high" was blocked). Bwaaa!
This censorship topic reminds me of something that my mom told me about a couple
of weeks ago; it seems that she was listening to AM talk radio at some unusual
hour, and found a program devoted to cigar enthusiasts - as its often fun to
listen to radio programs that are devoted to things that one doesn't know much
about - she listed this program and found it very interesting, except for the
fact that every 3rd or 4th sentence a voice would break in announcing that
cigars are harmful to one's health and smoking them often leads to cancer,
yadda, yadda, yadda. Now, I agree that smoking cigars is bad for one's health
(I only enjoy one extremely occasionally while discussing philosophy or Tolkien
[same thing] with a friend, or when I can get away with it without my wife
finding out), but...that intrusion on free speech that was forced upon these
radio enthusiasts went, IMO, too far. Besides the fact that I doubt many young
impressionable minds were tuned into AM 1570 or whatever...smoking, despite most
politically correct efforts to the contrary...is still legal in the USA, and I
resent my government intruding on free speech regarding a legal activity. Now,
I'm no friend of tobacco...as I said, I light up a stogee very, very
infrequently, and always just as a lark. What do you all think? Is the
government within reasonable limits (yes, it may have been legal, but is it *
reasonable*) to impose such a restriction? Wouldn't a notice perhaps at the
beginning and at the end have been sufficient?
james
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