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From: jay@silence.princeton.nj.us (Jay Plett)
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Subject: Re: What constitutes censorship (was: abuse) ...
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Date: 30 Dec 89 22:21:21 GMT
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From Webster's Third New International:
"censor... 1 : one of two magistrates of early Rome... 2 : a supervisor
or inspector... b : one having authority... c : one of a council, since
abolished... d : an officer or official... e : [aha!] one who lacking
official sanction but acting ostensibly in society's interests
scrutinizes communications, compositions and entertainments to discover
anything immoral, profane, seditious, heretical or otherwise offensive
3 :  _archaic_ : critic..."

"censorship... 1 : the institution, system or practice of censoring :
the actions or practices of censors..."