Blacksheep Speaks

Censorship

Censorship as a whole is a bad idea. The reasoning behind the concept is flawed. The idea that certain material, whether it be a television program, book, or song can actually make someone do/be/become something different from what they are is ridiculous. One thing that government can NOT legislate away from us is our ability to reason things out for ourselves. We have freedom of choice. Censorship does not recognize this. In effect, censors are telling us that we are not intelligent enough to deduce what is good/right from what is bad/wrong. They seem to have decided to "protect" us from what they apparently conceive as our inherant, rampaging stupidity. Using this measurement, it can be logically deduced that anyone who owns a gun is a potential murderer, and if they own an acid rock cd as well, then Heaven help us and be sure your doors are locked. By the same token, logically speaking, if you own a dictionary, you must be an intellectual; if you happen also to have a set of encyclopedia or a set of learning tapes, you must be a GENIUS. (Hey, wait.....I own both. Come to think of it, this reasoning has it's merits!) .....Oh, dear....it just occurred to me.....if a person owns a gun....AND a rock tape....AND a dictionary....AND an encyclopedia....well, I guess we better just go ask the price of coffins, because we don't stand a chance.

These days, we have every right to say what is on our minds...as long as it doesn't offend anyone. At least, no one who is a minority. Or a politician. Or a police officer/doctor/lawyer/civil servant. I realize that some younger readers aren't going to remember this, but there was once a time when most people understood the concept of free speech. Someone famous (and these days, less quoted) once said, "I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it". Some of us still agree with that. Which brings us to....believe it or not.....flag burning. (continued next post)