Re: [MUD-Dev] Censorship, Virtual v Artificial Worlds, Python

[Ben Greear <greear#cyberhighway,net>]

Matthew Mihaly wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 30 Apr 1999, Ben Greear wrote:
> 
> > I don't consider that an excuse.  The world needs more positive things
> > to balance the plethora of bad ones.  I'm not saying I have the answer,
> > but I do think I have the right and responsibility to try.
> 
> You think censorship is a positive thing? It's always struck me as being
> one of the bad things. Another of the bad things are uptight people who
> freak out at hearing a combination of sounds strung together.

I think young, impresionable minds being assailed by words of hate and
disrespect is bad.  I don't know that censorship is the answer, but I haven't
heard many that were better.  The shrubbery idea is quite nice, but is definately
censorship.

As for your second point, I think it may be possible that people who
readily accept degrading language may be the more dangerous:  If they
can't make their anger known that way, then they may have to resort
to a more physical means of assault.  So, if one is desensitized to
all that language can do to a person, how can they express themselves?

Weapons of destruction sure seem to get people's attention...

> 
> --matt
> 
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