On 18 October 2011 11:08, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
On 18 October 2011 10:43, Thomas Morton morton.thomas@googlemail.com wrote:
If an individual expresses a preference to hide certain content, it is reasonable for us to provide that option for use at their discretion. Anything else is like saying "No, your views on acceptability are wrong
and
we insist you must see this".[1] *That* is censorship.
This argument appears to be of the form "black is *actually* just a very dark shade of white, so offering a choice between beige or cream to replace black is entirely acceptable."
Care to expand on that; I've turned it over in my head and don't see the connection :)
What I am saying is that if someone prefers black, let them have black.
- I appreciate that this is the status quo at the moment, I still think
it
is censorship, and this is why we must address it as a problem.
This is a combination of argument by assertion and the politician's syllogism.
Not really; it is simply staving off the whole argument of "but this is how we currently do things", which isn't always a good viewpoint.
Tom