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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 1287 Views
Being on a country's Olympic team is a privilege, not a right - 25/07/2012 11:00:24 PM 767 Views
So banning blacks would be cool if it was legal in that country? - 25/07/2012 11:08:52 PM 932 Views
If that's how the country wants to run itself - 25/07/2012 11:13:04 PM 804 Views
The IOC can ban nations from participating for that sort of stunt. - 25/07/2012 11:33:23 PM 959 Views
So that excuses thought control? - 25/07/2012 11:49:58 PM 860 Views
If Hitler could let Jesse Owens run... - 25/07/2012 11:07:19 PM 990 Views
Yes. Political power should not be used to enforce morals. - 25/07/2012 11:53:19 PM 734 Views
The national Olympic Committees aren't the government. - 26/07/2012 12:02:43 AM 723 Views
Even worse. - 26/07/2012 12:08:05 AM 766 Views
Erm - 26/07/2012 12:29:32 AM 806 Views
I fail to see how the whole team would be thrown out. - 26/07/2012 12:41:16 AM 799 Views
Because the IOC throws them out if the national government interferes in the national committe. *NM* - 26/07/2012 12:43:39 AM 431 Views
Well, that's absurd. - 26/07/2012 01:09:41 AM 872 Views
As with most things, I doubt the practice matches the theory - 26/07/2012 10:45:55 AM 780 Views
Africans != illegals - 25/07/2012 11:19:32 PM 832 Views
Specious reasoning. - 26/07/2012 12:07:08 AM 698 Views
Who are you to decide that? - 26/07/2012 12:16:45 AM 856 Views
I'm not the one deciding. - 26/07/2012 12:36:17 AM 700 Views
Essentially you're saying "there are lots of racists in Europe". - 26/07/2012 08:28:26 AM 815 Views
That's an oversimplification. - 29/07/2012 03:13:14 AM 768 Views
You stated it as a fact. - 26/07/2012 07:49:58 PM 758 Views
I think any organisation should have the right to choose who represents them - 25/07/2012 11:20:36 PM 776 Views
Well, but that's not the end of it. - 26/07/2012 12:12:09 AM 840 Views
It is for me - 26/07/2012 12:26:25 AM 754 Views
So...conformity ahead? *NM* - 26/07/2012 12:40:03 AM 368 Views
Is that all that happened? - 25/07/2012 11:28:17 PM 711 Views
That and some pro-Golden Dawn statements. - 26/07/2012 12:14:25 AM 900 Views
For me it is more than enough - 26/07/2012 12:32:35 AM 694 Views
It's not what happened to her that I typically waver on. - 27/07/2012 03:08:45 PM 726 Views
It's not a matter of freedom of expression - 26/07/2012 09:49:59 PM 900 Views
This. *NM* - 26/07/2012 10:26:37 PM 390 Views
I oppose censorship even if it is not comng from the government - 26/07/2012 10:16:30 PM 745 Views
How is it censorship? - 27/07/2012 02:33:30 AM 849 Views
try looking up the word censorship and ask yourself would their actions supress speech - 27/07/2012 02:59:11 AM 974 Views
I know the definition thank you. How exactly was her communication suppressed? - 27/07/2012 05:54:39 PM 875 Views
you are right public punishment of political expression could never been seen as suppression - 27/07/2012 06:20:15 PM 996 Views
Well - 27/07/2012 07:20:27 PM 748 Views
Where did she ever imply she wanted them to be bitten? *NM* - 27/07/2012 08:03:05 PM 444 Views
Hello earth.... "food from home". - 27/07/2012 08:26:15 PM 727 Views
OK I repeat my question: Where did she she WANTED them to be bit? - 30/07/2012 09:07:01 PM 1021 Views
Um, she referred to them as food? - 27/07/2012 08:38:22 PM 776 Views
No what is silly is inferring that she hoped they would be bitten *NM* - 30/07/2012 09:09:18 PM 496 Views
No what is silly is inferring that she hoped they would be bitten *NM* - 30/07/2012 09:09:27 PM 406 Views
I'm with you on this - I don't think she wanted them to be bitten. - 27/07/2012 09:02:05 PM 802 Views
It was insensitive at best - 30/07/2012 09:25:06 PM 1255 Views
One problem. - 27/07/2012 04:54:52 AM 756 Views
Exactly - 27/07/2012 12:05:14 PM 760 Views
I know you said it but do you actually believe it? - 27/07/2012 01:56:35 PM 727 Views
It's a good question, but yes, I do. - 27/07/2012 02:42:28 PM 777 Views
Are going to ban everyone and everyone country who says something about anyone else? - 27/07/2012 04:47:51 PM 689 Views
Yes, that is clearly exactly what I said. - 27/07/2012 05:10:37 PM 740 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 751 Views
Surely you don't think... - 27/07/2012 02:57:47 PM 673 Views
Heh. - 27/07/2012 05:53:07 PM 902 Views
Typo? There are limits to our credulity... or to mine, anyway. - 27/07/2012 06:27:44 PM 753 Views
Looks like Voula Papachristou agrees with Tom - 27/07/2012 07:09:30 PM 781 Views
Quite understandable. But so's the Greek OC's decision. - 27/07/2012 07:11:31 PM 783 Views
And now a Swiss footabller has gone as well - 30/07/2012 08:22:45 PM 797 Views
That's just poor sportsmanship. *NM* - 30/07/2012 08:53:53 PM 505 Views
And an Australian athlete has been sent home now - 04/08/2012 10:12:12 AM 624 Views

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