TDPL a bad idea?

[Yigal Chripun]

On 02/02/2010 21:09, dsimcha wrote:
> == 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.

Absolutely true.
case in point is my country, Israel. we have "military censorship" where 
any security related info does in fact need to be approved by the army 
before it is published. unlike china it is OK since it is accepted by 
the nation (we are a democracy after all) and we all realize that for a 
country surrounded by enemies this is acceptable approach in order to 
protect ourselves.
In fact, the army censor has very little work to do, mainly with regards 
to the media. We all serve in the army and understand the importance of 
this issue so there's little need to have an outside censorship police.

Based on my personal experience, this self imposed censorship is 
misunderstood by other people which shows in the way foreign media 
misjudges us on many occasions.

To conclude, It is perfectly fine to have self imposed censorship.