"Tegger" wrote in message
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Home Guy wrote in :

notbob wrote:

As I KF all Google Groups posts with my REAL newgroups client ...

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That's pretty classic there notbob.

Does anyone else see the irony here?



There's no irony here at all. Only government workers can commit
censorship.

Private citizens simply limit what they wish to see; they cannot shut
people up, which is what "censorship" is.


One should not be surprised when some can't see the irony of claiming
"censorship" when it's individual choice to see or not see something
No wonder the same crowd sees no problem when the government makes them
buy something they may not need or want.

On 2012-03-31, Attila.Iskander wrote:


One should not be surprised when some can't see the irony of claiming
"censorship" when it's individual choice to see or not see something

"Censorship is the suppression of speech or other public
communication...." --wiki

I'm not suppressing anything, merely choosing not to read it. No
different than walking past a newspaper stand and not purchasing a
newpaper. I have prevented no one from saying or printing anything.

Get a clue.

nb


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notbob wrote in
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"censorship" when it's individual choice to see or not see something

"Censorship is the suppression of speech or other public
communication...." --wiki



BY THE GOVERNMENT. That part is critical.

Private citizens cannot interfere with communication by others unless it's
on their own property, or property they control -- such as expelling a
foul-mouthed or politically-motivated customer from your store.

/That/ is exercise of your rights to ownership and use of your private
property.

Otherwise, the only way private citizens can interfere with speech by
others is if they appeal to the government's legislative and enforcement
arms to do it -- such as getting a law passed preventing certain opponents
from putting up advertising that opposes your bid for election to public
office.

/That/ is "censorship".




I'm not suppressing anything, merely choosing not to read it. No
different than walking past a newspaper stand and not purchasing a
newpaper. I have prevented no one from saying or printing anything.




Correct. Therefore your killfiling of GG posters is not, and cannot be,
"censorship".


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Tegger

Tegger wrote:

Therefore your killfiling of GG posters is not, and cannot be,
"censorship".

It's self-censorship.

Choosing not to read a post is normal.

Configuring your news reader so that you have no awareness of what
you're choosing to ignore is self censorhip.

This is a pictoral representation:

http://www.mycommunityworks.com/Evol.../Ostrich10.jpg

Home Guy wrote in :

Tegger wrote:

Therefore your killfiling of GG posters is not, and cannot be,
"censorship".

It's self-censorship.



Not the same thing at all. "Censoring" yourself is like stealing from
yourself: It can't be done.

The word you're looking for is "discrimination".



Choosing not to read a post is normal.

Configuring your news reader so that you have no awareness of what
you're choosing to ignore is self censorhip.



Censorship is something that is done to others, not something that is done
to yourself. It's like the difference between murder and suicide.



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Tegger

On 3/31/2012 1:07 PM, Tegger wrote:
Home wrote in :

Tegger wrote:

Therefore your killfiling of GG posters is not, and cannot be,
"censorship".

It's self-censorship.



Not the same thing at all. "Censoring" yourself is like stealing from
yourself: It can't be done.

The word you're looking for is "discrimination".



Choosing not to read a post is normal.

Configuring your news reader so that you have no awareness of what
you're choosing to ignore is self censorhip.



Censorship is something that is done to others, not something that is done
to yourself. It's like the difference between murder and suicide.


I censor myself all the time, especially when I have to deal with
Affirmative Action moron government employees. I don't scream
obscenities at them, I don't yell racial slurs at them and I don't
try to insult them anymore because if I call them asinine, they think
I'm referring to the size of their backsides. I must censor myself. ^_^

TDD

The Daring Dufas wrote in
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On 3/31/2012 1:07 PM, Tegger wrote:


Censorship is something that is done to others, not something that is
done to yourself. It's like the difference between murder and
suicide.


I censor myself all the time, especially when I have to deal with
Affirmative Action moron government employees. I don't scream
obscenities at them, I don't yell racial slurs at them and I don't
try to insult them anymore because if I call them asinine, they think
I'm referring to the size of their backsides. I must censor myself.
^_^




While very cens-ible, your conduct is not "censorship": It is properly
described as "self control". Which is admirable when exercised in the face
of obvious morons.

BTW, being described as a "moron" is actually a sort of compliment. On the
mental-retardation scale, "moron" is the most intelligent of the lot, with
"idiot" and "imbecile" being lower than "moron".


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"The Daring Dufas" wrote in message
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I censor myself all the time

Careful, do it too much and you'll go blind and get arthritis in you hand.
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