WHO CENSORS YOU?

"The only valid censorship of ideas is the right of people not to listen."

Tommy Smothers, American comedian/musician.

Often the result of a free, open, and honest exchange of ideas are better ideas than would happen were those individual ideas censored.

Not always but more than enough to make make widespread censorship a bad idea.

Take this blog as example.

I have the right to post my ideas while you have the right to decide whether or not you will read them.

Win/win and that's a pretty good idea!

You Can't Say That!

"Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books accept the books nobody reads."

George Benard Shaw

Late 19th/early 20th century Irish playwright/ co-founder of the London School of Economics

While the topic is important to us all, it is specifically so to a friend and colleague who recently found himself on the receiving end of irrational censorship.

Thinking about it more, when is censorship ever rational?

If you'd like to learn more check out the discussion on Green Book.