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try looking up the word censorship and ask yourself would their actions supress speech random thoughts Send a noteboard - 27/07/2012 02:59:11 AM
You may feel justified in your censorship but you really are not free to redefine the word and punishing people for expressing unpopular opinions is censorship even if the people doing it like to pretend they are above such things. I know the left leaning folks tend to think that way but the sad thing is the left uses censorship at the drop of hat on almost any issue.

For your educational enrichment here is the wiki definition of censorship. Read it and then explain how this is different and please don't try and use a justification of censorship as an argument that censorship isn't taking place.

Censorship is the suppression of speech or other public communication which may be considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or inconvenient as determined by a government, media outlet, or other controlling body. It can be done by governments and private organizations or by individuals who engage in self-censorship. It occurs in a variety of different contexts including speech, books, music, films and other arts, the press, radio, television, and the Internet for a variety of reasons including national security, to control obscenity, child pornography, and hate speech, to protect children, to promote or restrict political or religious views, to prevent slander and libel, and to protect intellectual property. It may or may not be legal. Many countries provide strong protections against censorship by law, but none of these protections are absolute and it is frequently necessary to balance conflicting rights in order to determine what can and cannot be censored.
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Am I the only one who thinks Voula Papachristou should not have been kicked out of the Olympics? - 25/07/2012 10:55:19 PM 1339 Views
Being on a country's Olympic team is a privilege, not a right - 25/07/2012 11:00:24 PM 828 Views
So banning blacks would be cool if it was legal in that country? - 25/07/2012 11:08:52 PM 978 Views
If that's how the country wants to run itself - 25/07/2012 11:13:04 PM 848 Views
The IOC can ban nations from participating for that sort of stunt. - 25/07/2012 11:33:23 PM 998 Views
So that excuses thought control? - 25/07/2012 11:49:58 PM 901 Views
If Hitler could let Jesse Owens run... - 25/07/2012 11:07:19 PM 1044 Views
Yes. Political power should not be used to enforce morals. - 25/07/2012 11:53:19 PM 782 Views
The national Olympic Committees aren't the government. - 26/07/2012 12:02:43 AM 767 Views
Even worse. - 26/07/2012 12:08:05 AM 808 Views
Erm - 26/07/2012 12:29:32 AM 847 Views
I fail to see how the whole team would be thrown out. - 26/07/2012 12:41:16 AM 842 Views
Because the IOC throws them out if the national government interferes in the national committe. *NM* - 26/07/2012 12:43:39 AM 451 Views
Well, that's absurd. - 26/07/2012 01:09:41 AM 923 Views
As with most things, I doubt the practice matches the theory - 26/07/2012 10:45:55 AM 825 Views
Africans != illegals - 25/07/2012 11:19:32 PM 878 Views
Specious reasoning. - 26/07/2012 12:07:08 AM 744 Views
Who are you to decide that? - 26/07/2012 12:16:45 AM 910 Views
I'm not the one deciding. - 26/07/2012 12:36:17 AM 746 Views
Essentially you're saying "there are lots of racists in Europe". - 26/07/2012 08:28:26 AM 863 Views
That's an oversimplification. - 29/07/2012 03:13:14 AM 815 Views
You stated it as a fact. - 26/07/2012 07:49:58 PM 801 Views
I think any organisation should have the right to choose who represents them - 25/07/2012 11:20:36 PM 820 Views
Well, but that's not the end of it. - 26/07/2012 12:12:09 AM 884 Views
It is for me - 26/07/2012 12:26:25 AM 795 Views
So...conformity ahead? *NM* - 26/07/2012 12:40:03 AM 387 Views
Is that all that happened? - 25/07/2012 11:28:17 PM 762 Views
That and some pro-Golden Dawn statements. - 26/07/2012 12:14:25 AM 945 Views
For me it is more than enough - 26/07/2012 12:32:35 AM 731 Views
It's not what happened to her that I typically waver on. - 27/07/2012 03:08:45 PM 771 Views
It's not a matter of freedom of expression - 26/07/2012 09:49:59 PM 957 Views
This. *NM* - 26/07/2012 10:26:37 PM 406 Views
I oppose censorship even if it is not comng from the government - 26/07/2012 10:16:30 PM 793 Views
How is it censorship? - 27/07/2012 02:33:30 AM 893 Views
try looking up the word censorship and ask yourself would their actions supress speech - 27/07/2012 02:59:11 AM 1023 Views
I know the definition thank you. How exactly was her communication suppressed? - 27/07/2012 05:54:39 PM 916 Views
you are right public punishment of political expression could never been seen as suppression - 27/07/2012 06:20:15 PM 1037 Views
Well - 27/07/2012 07:20:27 PM 795 Views
Where did she ever imply she wanted them to be bitten? *NM* - 27/07/2012 08:03:05 PM 465 Views
Hello earth.... "food from home". - 27/07/2012 08:26:15 PM 769 Views
OK I repeat my question: Where did she she WANTED them to be bit? - 30/07/2012 09:07:01 PM 1086 Views
Um, she referred to them as food? - 27/07/2012 08:38:22 PM 826 Views
No what is silly is inferring that she hoped they would be bitten *NM* - 30/07/2012 09:09:18 PM 521 Views
No what is silly is inferring that she hoped they would be bitten *NM* - 30/07/2012 09:09:27 PM 430 Views
I'm with you on this - I don't think she wanted them to be bitten. - 27/07/2012 09:02:05 PM 845 Views
It was insensitive at best - 30/07/2012 09:25:06 PM 1326 Views
One problem. - 27/07/2012 04:54:52 AM 797 Views
Exactly - 27/07/2012 12:05:14 PM 807 Views
I know you said it but do you actually believe it? - 27/07/2012 01:56:35 PM 775 Views
It's a good question, but yes, I do. - 27/07/2012 02:42:28 PM 828 Views
Are going to ban everyone and everyone country who says something about anyone else? - 27/07/2012 04:47:51 PM 741 Views
Yes, that is clearly exactly what I said. - 27/07/2012 05:10:37 PM 784 Views
i have a feeling you are being influenced by that pic they run with all the articles about her? - 27/07/2012 02:14:13 PM 797 Views
Surely you don't think... - 27/07/2012 02:57:47 PM 709 Views
Heh. - 27/07/2012 05:53:07 PM 954 Views
Typo? There are limits to our credulity... or to mine, anyway. - 27/07/2012 06:27:44 PM 794 Views
Looks like Voula Papachristou agrees with Tom - 27/07/2012 07:09:30 PM 821 Views
Quite understandable. But so's the Greek OC's decision. - 27/07/2012 07:11:31 PM 834 Views
And now a Swiss footabller has gone as well - 30/07/2012 08:22:45 PM 840 Views
That's just poor sportsmanship. *NM* - 30/07/2012 08:53:53 PM 527 Views
And an Australian athlete has been sent home now - 04/08/2012 10:12:12 AM 663 Views

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