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bemildred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-05-07 06:18 PM
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3. Private sites have no obligation to allow you to speak.
On the other hand, all censorship is based in the idea that ideas are dangerous, and that some or most people are incapable of sorting things out for themselves. I favor complete anarchy myself, but I'm not running a web site.
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  -A philosophical question on the internet and censorship Robson  Aug-05-07 06:07 PM   #0 
  - You Can Start Your Own Website And Write (Almost) Anything You Want  DemocratSinceBirth   Aug-05-07 06:09 PM   #1 
  - Roger that.  L. Coyote   Aug-05-07 08:48 PM   #24 
  - You're using someone else's computer equipment, period.  billyoc   Aug-05-07 06:13 PM   #2 
  - Private sites have no obligation to allow you to speak.  bemildred   Aug-05-07 06:18 PM   #3 
  - You believe in the right of private enterprise to control over the Fairness Doctrine to balance?  Robson   Aug-05-07 06:32 PM   #10 
     - I favor the "fairness doctrine", because WE own the airways.  bemildred   Aug-05-07 06:48 PM   #16 
     - The government also built the roads to my house.  Ms. Toad   Aug-05-07 06:50 PM   #17 
  - Odd and Offputting  Madspirit   Aug-05-07 06:23 PM   #4 
  - I Wonder If All The People Voting For Option One Would Want Bushbots To Be Allowed To Post Here  DemocratSinceBirth   Aug-05-07 06:25 PM   #5 
  - As long as they follow the rules, they are allowed to post here.  bemildred   Aug-05-07 06:27 PM   #6 
     - Yes but...  Madspirit   Aug-05-07 06:30 PM   #8 
     - Actually, it's amazing what you can get away with here, if you are civil. nt  bemildred   Aug-05-07 06:42 PM   #11 
        - Good point.....and I'll obviously continue to support DU  Robson   Aug-05-07 06:53 PM   #19 
     - Mmmkay  DemocratSinceBirth   Aug-05-07 06:31 PM   #9 
        - But they are allowed to post if they choose. It's completely open in that sense. nt  bemildred   Aug-05-07 06:43 PM   #14 
  - The idiocy of people is the only thing that I find annoying.  BlooInBloo   Aug-05-07 06:30 PM   #7 
  - What I find really annoying is simple apathy  Robson   Aug-05-07 06:42 PM   #12 
     - Odd  Madspirit   Aug-05-07 06:53 PM   #18 
  - I find this a pretty easy question.  aikoaiko   Aug-05-07 06:42 PM   #13 
  - Guests on my internet site, just like guests in my home  Ms. Toad   Aug-05-07 06:45 PM   #15 
  - The Internet is generally uncensored.  igil   Aug-05-07 06:54 PM   #20 
  - When I want 'uncensored,' I use Usenet  REP   Aug-05-07 07:05 PM   #21 
     - Once again, this question is focused on all websites  Robson   Aug-05-07 07:14 PM   #22 
        - Unmoderated boards quickly go out of control and/or become unreadable  REP   Aug-05-07 07:31 PM   #23 
 

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