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Do you think Censorship is?

Wrong.
14 (77.8%)
Right
1 (5.6%)
Indecisive kiddo.
3 (16.7%)

Total Members Voted: 18

Voting closed: August 16, 2016, 06:26:48 PM

Censorship

 
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"Censorship can be carried out by the government as well as private pressure groups."
And that's not what's happening. There are no private pressure groups. No one is holding a gun to a Capcom developer's head and saying "Change this or die."
Tell that to these dudes
Thanks for linking to me to a vague headline instead of the article itself.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30710883

They didn't stop what they were doing at the request of a bunch of crazy pricks and ending up dying.
Then that's a shame. I'm not saying this sort of thing never happens. But it's pretty rare.


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I specifically said they're not having knives held to their throats.
Then it can't be described as censorship. Being "intimidated" into doing something without being threatened to do so does not constitute censorship, and I don't give a fuck what the ACLU thinks of that. Free speech is free speech. If I don't like something, I'm going to speak out against it to have it fucking changed.

It doesn't become censorship until I start using threats, which would be wrong.

But if my opinions intimidate you, I don't give a fuck. Fuck you and your feelings.

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The "private pressure group" in this type of situation is merely the types of angry Twitter mobs that you'd most likely gleefully take part in so you can feel morally righteous and like you just did something important. Just because they're not having their lives or their company's existence directly threatened doesn't mean they can't be pressured into submitting via badgering.
I don't care. People have the right to badger the living fuck out of whatever they want, as long as they're not crossing the line into harassment and threatening territory.

Having toxic vitriol spewed at the developers from every direction, trying to go after their employment, and trying to pry into their real life so you can silence whatever perceived wrongdoing they may have committed is basically a method of censorship. The ACLU is also one of the most well-known and respected non-profit organizations in the country, so you can't just say "Oh, fuck them, they don't matter." We can express our distaste for something all we want(Fuck, we do all the time on here), but when we start mobbing someone into conformity and trying to silence them via social and economic means because they put something in a product that some political group didn't like, then we're going into fucktard territory. Also, you and your opinions don't frighten and/or upset anyone.


 
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Having toxic vitriol spewed at the developers from every direction, trying to go after their employment, and trying to pry into their real life so you can silence whatever perceived wrongdoing they may have committed is basically a method of censorship.
This goes in the "threat" bin, which I've already covered. You're helping my point. Thanks.

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The ACLU is also one of the most well-known and respected non-profit organizations in the country, so you can't just say "Oh, fuck them, they don't matter."
Yes.

I can.


 
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Also, you and your opinions don't frighten and/or upset anyone.
Yet you're somehow implying that they COULD frighten or upset people, and that I shouldn't have the right to say what I want to say, because that would be "CENSORSHIP."

You're a joke.


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Also, you and your opinions don't frighten and/or upset anyone.
Yet you're somehow implying that they COULD frighten or upset people, and that I shouldn't have the right to say what I want to say, because that would be "CENSORSHIP."

You're a joke.

You can express whatever asinine opinions you want. I never said that you can't be your shitty self. Just don't go fucking with people's lives and trying to prevent people from living their lives.


 
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You can express whatever asinine opinions you want. I never said that you can't be your shitty self. Just don't go fucking with people's lives and trying to prevent people from living their lives.
Which I never do anyway, and never would. So what have you contributed to this thread? As usual, nothing.

Oh well. Thanks for admitting that I'm right.


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You can express whatever asinine opinions you want. I never said that you can't be your shitty self. Just don't go fucking with people's lives and trying to prevent people from living their lives.
Which I never do  anyway, and never would. So what have you contributed to this thread? As usual, nothing.

Oh well. Thanks for admitting that I'm right.

Anyhow, good night to you too.


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You clearly got beat, give it up.
No, YOU'RE clearly getting beat. I'm shredding apart each and every single one of his shitty points.
Delusions of Grandeur are not counters.


 
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You clearly got beat, give it up.
No, YOU'RE clearly getting beat. I'm shredding apart each and every single one of his shitty points.
Delusions of Grandeur are not counters.
Misuse of psychological terms in a futile effort to sound intelligent doesn't make you so.

He already conceded defeat. Now it's your turn.


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You clearly got beat, give it up.
No, YOU'RE clearly getting beat. I'm shredding apart each and every single one of his shitty points.
Delusions of Grandeur are not counters.
Misuse of psychological terms in a futile effort to sound intelligent doesn't make you so.

He already conceded defeat. Now it's your turn.

If you're merely talking about expressing your displeasure with something in a game then I concede.


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You clearly got beat, give it up.
No, YOU'RE clearly getting beat. I'm shredding apart each and every single one of his shitty points.
Delusions of Grandeur are not counters.
Misuse of psychological terms in a futile effort to sound intelligent doesn't make you so.

He already conceded defeat. Now it's your turn.
Going to sleep isn't defeat, staying up all night bitching on forums is actually loss.


 
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Going to sleep isn't defeat, staying up all night bitching on forums is actually loss.
So... you lose?


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Going to sleep isn't defeat, staying up all night bitching on forums is actually loss.
So... you lose?
Nah, I'm not a peasant, so this logic doesn't apply to me. 


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Toys are hereby declared:
ILLEGAL
IMMORAL
UNLAWFUL
 anyone found with a TOY in his possession will be
placed under ARREST and thrown in the DUNGEON!
No kidding!               🅱
I'm only for censorship mainly for the favor of children, as in minimizing swearing, sexuality, and violence. As long so the implied meaning is still there. Other than common decency, then it's a no from me. Obviously there can/will be consequences, but it doesn't mean a call for censorship.


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I'd say my opinion but I'd just be repeating what Flee said but nowhere near as concise.

So I'll just say OP and this thread in general is retarded.