Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!rsiatl!jgd
From: jgd@rsiatl.UUCP (John G. DeArmond)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: Censorship on the USENET
Message-ID: <4689@rsiatl.UUCP>
Date: 6 Nov 90 02:35:04 GMT
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mnemonic@eff.org (Mike Godwin) writes:


>So, when a public school refuses to buy a copy of HUCKLEBERRY
>FINN for the school library because some parents have complained
>that Twain's portrayal of Jim is racist, that isn't censorship?

Certainly not.  If you don't like what the school board did you can

a)	Vote them out or
b)	Buy the correct book(s) yourself or
c)	Find another school.

If the government says that you cannot buy the book, then that is 
censorship.

Let's turn it around.  Would you think it correct that the same school
board would force your child to read a evolutionist biology textbook
if you believe in creationism?  How about if the sides are reversed?

If you disliked this course of action, you could:

a)	Vote them out or
b)	Buy the correct book(s) yourself or
c)	Find another school.

Is there a pattern developing there?  You be the judge.

The fascists of both the Left and the Right really seek only control and
use whatever issue arised toward that goal.   This is where the Libertarian
perspective really shines.  There would be no public schools because the
governmnet would not be involved in education.  And you as a parent could
use the money you save from our present extortionist tax structure to
build a school of your liking.

John

-- 
John De Armond, WD4OQC  | "The truly ignorant in our society are those people 
Radiation Systems, Inc. | who would throw away the parts of the Constitution 
Atlanta, Ga             | they find inconvenient."  -me   Defend the 2nd
{emory,uunet}!rsiatl!jgd| with the same fervor as you do the 1st.