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From: john@qip.UUCP (John Moore)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: Censorship on the USENET
Keywords: censorship
Message-ID: <5332@qip.UUCP>
Date: 4 Nov 90 06:28:31 GMT
References: <1990Nov01.064916.19218@looking.on.ca> <yTqyR1w163w@dogface> <15700@paperboy.OSF.ORG>
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In article <15700@paperboy.OSF.ORG> mbrown@tonic.osf.org (Mark Brown) writes:
]|> brad@looking.on.ca (Brad Templeton) writes:
]|> > In general, censorship is the use of violence to suppress information.
]
]Here's a good definition for you...
]It's judgement when an editor/publisher (of any medium) supresses something 
]	she doesn't want to display/print.
]
]It's censorship when done by an authority.
]
]No violence is needed. (It helps to use the dictionary, sometimes.)

"Authorities" ALWAYS act with the implied threat of violence. If you
don't believe me, try ignoring them when they order you to do something
(with a legal order). Eventually you will find violence used to drag
you off to jail.
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