tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9167645415172480708.post8288924183014466293..comments2024-01-25T04:52:39.451-07:00Comments on Satire Report: Satire Report Blocked by the BYU GestapoMichael Powershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03344463904032126734noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9167645415172480708.post-20501744470318437192009-02-22T15:49:00.000-07:002009-02-22T15:49:00.000-07:00Catcher in the Rye is an awful book, but I don't f...Catcher in the Rye is an awful book, but I don't feel that way because of the language.<BR/><BR/>Censorship is a frightening thing and obviously very real on BYU campus. Very fine line, that's for sure.squirrelyearlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12098250376078894226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9167645415172480708.post-34005432991372535252009-02-21T17:18:00.000-07:002009-02-21T17:18:00.000-07:00Those chicks were whack.I think censorship is a sl...Those chicks were whack.<BR/><BR/>I think censorship is a slippery slope you've really got to be careful about. There are certain things that the state has a legitimate interest in suppressing: child pornography (participants below age of legal consent), disclosure of military plans for the immediate future (like when Geraldo f'd up on FOX during the opening days of the IRaq War, drawing a map in the sand of where our guys were and what they were going to do; heckuva job, Brownie!), that sort of thing.<BR/><BR/> But beyond that it seems to me pretty dicey. I think Sex and the City is stupid and decadent and profoundly self-indulgent, but I don't see that I have the right to impose that judgment on people who (inexplicably) like that sort of crap.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9167645415172480708.post-83588827270446805292009-02-21T16:15:00.000-07:002009-02-21T16:15:00.000-07:00I think the problem is that most of us want the li...I think the problem is that most of us want the line drawn somewhere. I love to read, and the written word isn't what I'm addressing here. However there are certain areas where some form of censorship is needed. In a perfect society, we wouldn't need censorship, or even laws. Everyone would just "do the right thing", right? Ah, there's the rub. Who decides what the right thing is? What do we want to see in the public domain? It seems to be becoming more and more vague... and we need to decide where our line is located.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9167645415172480708.post-16629303271373548522009-02-21T15:40:00.000-07:002009-02-21T15:40:00.000-07:00That's exactly why I cited it. Catcher in the Rye ...That's exactly why I cited it. Catcher in the Rye was all about protecting innocence and censorship.Michael Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09004069768706534990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9167645415172480708.post-17912797857209068442009-02-21T14:35:00.000-07:002009-02-21T14:35:00.000-07:00The "Catcher in the Rye" example is especially rel...The "Catcher in the Rye" example is especially relevant. Didn't Holden conclude, by the end of the novel, that he couldn't possible erase all of the "f*** you" graffiti in the world?Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02038164372507641630noreply@blogger.com