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Topic	Is censorship of offensive speech on gamefaqs "morally" sound?
darkknight109 09/05/17 3:42:34 PM #23:	Zeus posted... As for "impeding progress," I'm just going to laugh. Whenever you see something you dislike, you claim that it's against progress Perhaps you're right and censorship could be used to favour progress. We could use it, for instance, to squelch the anti-science crowd like climate change deniers, anti-vaxxers, and the like, and in doing so promote progress. Thing is, it's almost never used in that way - when true censorship is used by a regime, it's almost always with the goal in mind of inhibiting progress because a knowledgeable populace is one that's going to start demanding more rights and representation before too long, which is the death knell for any autocracy. Kyuubi4269 posted... There's no rule that says you have to believe transgender people are the gender their dong is not representative of. You're right, there isn't. Fortunately, you weren't modded for what you believe; you were modded for what you said, and there's definitely a rule against saying that sort of stuff. In fact, it happens to be Rule #1. https://www.gamefaqs.com/features/board_etiquette Kyuubi4269 posted... Firstly, you'd get thrown out for shouting anything for being disruptive. Quite true, but that still just goes to my point: you're not allowed to say anything you want, any time, anywhere. There are some establishments that will kick your ass straight out the door if you say something they don't like. Kyuubi4269 posted... Secondly, a more accurate example would be whispering to your friend "Black people have ancestors in Africa." and being thrown out for disagreeing with their opinion that black people are actually aliens from the planet zarg. And they would be 100% within their rights to do so. --- Kill 1 man: You are a murderer. Kill 10 men: You are a monster. Kill 100 men: You are a hero. Kill 10,000 men, you are a conqueror! <cite>darkknight109 posted [p:886074255] in Is censors... [t:75743225]...</cite> <quote><cite>Zeus posted...</cite> <quote>As for "impeding progress," I'm just going to laugh. Whenever you see something you dislike, you claim that it's against progress</quote> Perhaps you're right and censorship could be used to favour progress. We could use it, for instance, to squelch the anti-science crowd like climate change deniers, anti-vaxxers, and the like, and in doing so promote progress. Thing is, it's almost never used in that way - when true censorship is used by a regime, it's almost always with the goal in mind of inhibiting progress because a knowledgeable populace is one that's going to start demanding more rights and representation before too long, which is the death knell for any autocracy. <cite>Kyuubi4269 posted...</cite> <quote>There's no rule that says you have to believe transgender people are the gender their dong is not representative of.</quote> You're right, there isn't. Fortunately, you weren't modded for what you believe; you were modded for what you said, and there's definitely a rule against saying that sort of stuff. In fact, it happens to be Rule #1. https://www.gamefaqs.com/features/board_etiquette <cite>Kyuubi4269 posted...</cite> <quote>Firstly, you'd get thrown out for shouting anything for being disruptive.</quote> Quite true, but that still just goes to my point: you're not allowed to say anything you want, any time, anywhere. There are some establishments that will kick your ass straight out the door if you say something they don't like. <cite>Kyuubi4269 posted...</cite> <quote>Secondly, a more accurate example would be whispering to your friend "Black people have ancestors in Africa." and being thrown out for disagreeing with their opinion that black people are actually aliens from the planet zarg.</quote> And they would be 100% within their rights to do so. --- Kill 1 man: You are a murderer. Kill 10 men: You are a monster. Kill 100 men: You are a hero. Kill 10,000 men, you are a conqueror!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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