TDPL a bad idea?
BCS
none at anon.com
Tue Feb 2 11:26:41 PST 2010
Hello dsimcha,
> == Quote from BCS (none at anon.com)'s article
>
>> Hello Rainer,
>>
>>> BCS wrote:
>>>
>>>> Anything a group does to it's self is not censorship. Censorship is
>>>> where someone from the outside imposes controls.
>>>>
>>> By that definition, there is no censorship in China, because it's
>>> something the group (i.e. China) does to itself.
>>>
>> Group = citizens of china
>> controller = government of china
>> for the case in question (this NG)
>> group = people posting on NG
>> controller = people in NG wanting someone banned.
>> I see a difference
> By that logic censorship would be ok in a democracy then.
>
It wouldn't be censorship, but to answer your question; in a real democracy,
yes. But in a real democracy, everyone votes on everything and in reality
that doesn't work. Heck, even in the US, lots of people don't vote and most
people can't vote on most things.
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