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Originally Posted by Vendzilla
Until the censors become the Monsters
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True. However, something has to be in control. People are generally unable to police themselves. That's just the way society works. Without a little control, society breaks down.
However, I want to be clear that I want the internet to be lawful and people have to abide by those laws. I don't want a China situation where information is cherry picked and given to the people. And I don't believe SOPA would bring that.
Truth be told, the US gov should censor or shut down the internet right now, with or without SOPA. Wrap it under National Security and it's curtains. You can thank the Patriot Act for that, which I may add people did not protest over like they are SOPA. Ironic.
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Originally Posted by DamianJ
Photographers asking for censorship is just about the fucking funniest thing ever
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So you are pro-child porn?
Interesting.
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Originally Posted by raymor
A censor is someone who approves or denies something BEFORE it can be published.
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Censorship - if the authorities prevent illegal content from being published in the first place, through a pre-approval process.
Free press - if you can be held responsible AFTER publishing unlawful material.
In the US and other free nations we have free press - if you publish something unlawful, you can be held accountable for what you did. North Korea, Cuba and other dictatorships practice censorship, which means nothing unlawful ever gets published because it has to be approved BEFORE it's published.
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Valid points.
Though, I don't think any nation has full free press. Not even the USA.
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Originally Posted by mromro
If you are for any form of censorship then you deserve what you get. You're brainwashed to the point of no return if you can't figure out why it's bad.
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It's a slippery slope but it's already there on TV, radio, cable, and print. It's part of life. And to be frank, I'd rather not expose children to the F Bomb and hardcore porn during the middle of Saturday cartoons. Without some sort of media laws and censorship, that is what you would get. Meanwhile on the lawless internet, that is EXACTLY what you get. You can't even search for "how to make bread" without getting porn results if you look in the Google images. It's disgusting and makes me ashamed to be part of this industry.
Should all media just be a free for all so everyone can expose your kids and grandma to beast sex and rape videos? Authentic Japanese rape videos on every Monday night right after Law & Order. Fridays can be Mexican murder videos. Sundays, before the game, you can gather the family around the TV and watch 5 year old Russian girls sodomized. Sounds like a win to me.