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Subject: Re: Censorship on the USENET
Keywords: censorship
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Date: 1 Nov 90 15:13:57 GMT
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brad@looking.on.ca (Brad Templeton) writes:

> In general, censorship is the use of violence to suppress information.

Does censorship require violence?  In the sense of doing violence to an
idea, perhaps.  Anything else is personal preference on the censor's part.
-- Bob

              "...so one day, I just sorta ran over him with
                   a tractor, to discourage him a bit."

    Bob Izenberg (512) 346 7019 [ ] cs.utexas.edu!{kvue,balkan}!dogface!bei