Is Censorship Ever Fair?
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id censor hardcore pornography bring in similar protection to gambling sites. one can say yeah but its impossible to stop children watching it thats true but tube sites shouldnt be a click away no questions asked. am addicted to that chit, still after 3 years trying to quit. getting my degree wasn't anywhere near as difficult as quitting watching porn. never wish i ever saw it. i use a k9 web protection and iphone restrictions which blocks as much as it can, and tbh its got to the point where i literally dont know how to access videos at least
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Original post by papajohns
id censor hardcore pornography bring in similar protection to gambling sites. one can say yeah but its impossible to stop children watching it thats true but tube sites shouldnt be a click away no questions asked. am addicted to that chit, still after 3 years trying to quit. getting my degree wasn't anywhere near as difficult as quitting watching porn. never wish i ever saw it. i use a k9 web protection and iphone restrictions which blocks as much as it can, and tbh its got to the point where i literally dont know how to access videos at least
I agree with you about pornography. I think it is a highly destructive practice. I think it should be banned. I think people should be entitled to share their views about it freely but not be able to practice it as it is wrong. so maybe censorship is fair when it comes to stopping destructive actions but is it ever fair when it is used to stop people from sharing their views no matter how wrong those views may be?
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Original post by CookieButter
I agree with you about pornography. I think it is a highly destructive practice. I think i should be banned. I think people should be entitled to share their views about it freely but not be able to practice it as it is wrong. so maybe censorship is fair when it comes to stopping destructive actions but is it ever fair when it is used to stop people from sharing their views no matter how wrong those views are?
yeah and only the minority realise the damages it does because the sex positive folk say how porn is 'natural normal healthy' and shut down the suggestion of addiction as it is 'pseudoscience' and a cause of ED and ruined relationships
Censorship never works - it might push something back a little but eventually the pushed back idea strikes back. I mean groups the advocate for censorship usually believe that they won't be affected by that.
It might be great to ban somebody for some reason and later be triggered by the same thing happened to you lol
It might be great to ban somebody for some reason and later be triggered by the same thing happened to you lol
Original post by papajohns
id censor hardcore pornography bring in similar protection to gambling sites. one can say yeah but its impossible to stop children watching it thats true but tube sites shouldnt be a click away no questions asked. am addicted to that chit, still after 3 years trying to quit. getting my degree wasn't anywhere near as difficult as quitting watching porn. never wish i ever saw it. i use a k9 web protection and iphone restrictions which blocks as much as it can, and tbh its got to the point where i literally dont know how to access videos at least
Censoring porn because you got addicted is like censoring alcohol because some people get addicted, or censoring food talk because some people get eating disorders. I’d be shocked if the majority of people who watch porn are addicted to it to the level that it effects their lives. You can get addicted to anything, censorship isn’t fair on the people who watch and enjoy porn without any negative effects imo.
Original post by cat_mac
Censoring porn because you got addicted is like censoring alcohol because some people get addicted, or censoring food talk because some people get eating disorders. I’d be shocked if the majority of people who watch porn are addicted to it to the level that it effects their lives. You can get addicted to anything, censorship isn’t fair on the people who watch and enjoy porn without any negative effects imo.
the point is that children shouldn't be a click away idc about adults they can do whatever the f.uck they want. addiction is real it is destructive on people's their lives. i mean alone the unnatural levels of dopamine fu.cking rewires their brain (brain can't cope with this level and gets rid of dopamine receptors.). and thats just the beginning
am just gonna get shut down with the usual talk. but one suggestion is ok give it up indefinitely and write down thoughts as time progresses. obviously no one will people don't give it up willy nilly because its normal natural healthy right so we will never know if its addictive
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Original post by papajohns
the point is that children shouldn't be a click away idc about adults they can do whatever the f.uck they want. addiction is real it is destructive on people's their lives. i mean alone the unnatural levels of dopamine fu.cking rewires their brain (brain can't cope with this level and gets rid of dopamine receptors.). and thats just the beginning
am just gonna get shut down with the usual talk. but one suggestion is ok give it up indefinitely and write down thoughts as time progresses. obviously no one will people don't give it up willy nilly because its normal natural healthy right so we will never know if its addictive
am just gonna get shut down with the usual talk. but one suggestion is ok give it up indefinitely and write down thoughts as time progresses. obviously no one will people don't give it up willy nilly because its normal natural healthy right so we will never know if its addictive
Addiction wise though, my point was that you can get addicted to anything. Addiction is usually a coping mechanism for something deeper going on, getting rid of the addictive substance (be it alcohol, drugs, porn, hoarding, food) isn’t a solution to the problem. The addict has to learn to manage their addiction, rather than change the world to censor temptation.
I agree that kids shouldn’t have access to porn, I don’t think they should have access to a lot of the internet. Like musical.ly that was innocent to start with but has been corrupted with peadophiles. That’s more of a parental controls thing and less of an entire-internet-censorship thing.
Original post by HighOnGoofballs
It's not a priviledge to be able to dictate what going on or what happens to your product.
It's a right. If I make an invention, I decide who uses it, I decide what happens, I decide. It's property, and if you think owning property, especially property that you made, is a bloody 'priviledge', you have an immensely murky view of the world and rights in general.
It's a right. If I make an invention, I decide who uses it, I decide what happens, I decide. It's property, and if you think owning property, especially property that you made, is a bloody 'priviledge', you have an immensely murky view of the world and rights in general.
People here like to claim that companies should do whatever they want with their products, since they aren't the government. But that is entirely backwards - it is the state that should have the most freedom to do what they want, since it is the state that is accountable to the people, and responsible for the interests of the people, rather than shareholders.
Some companies such as Google are so big and fundamental that they should be forced to take up the responsibilities of governments, if we are to accept their continued dominance.
Google by now completely underpins the internet. Any politically-motivated actions by them will immensely affect our democracy, and should therefore be restricted, the same way we restrict companies' abilities to donate to their favoured parties.
And anyway, what you claim is nonsense. Companies are not allowed to dictate who can and cannot use their products. A company couldn't simply build a railway and decide no blacks are allowed to use it. Even political views are protected - the issue being that only some political views (such as religions) are, and not others.
I'd say it isn't fair as it'll always come down to "Who decides what's hate speech?"
People seem to think that limiting people's platforms is the best way to deal with "hateful" opinions and speech, rather than debating them and proving them wrong
People seem to think that limiting people's platforms is the best way to deal with "hateful" opinions and speech, rather than debating them and proving them wrong
Original post by TrelaiBoy
I'd say it isn't fair as it'll always come down to "Who decides what's hate speech?"
People seem to think that limiting people's platforms is the best way to deal with "hateful" opinions and speech, rather than debating them and proving them wrong
People seem to think that limiting people's platforms is the best way to deal with "hateful" opinions and speech, rather than debating them and proving them wrong
This censorship of hate speech nonsense is so incredibly hypocritical. The idea behind it is that hate is wrong. As in hate should be hated. Its self defeating and contradictory but its proponents are so incredibly moronic they don't see the clear contradiction in it...
"Truth fears no investigation"
"Truth is hate to those who hate the truth"
There are many ideologies out there that hate and fear the truth. They represent falsehoods so they do not benefit from exposure and criticism so they censor free speech.
On a side note....yesterday we had a shooting by a woman occurring in the US in response to YouTube censorship. So this censorship that is mostly driven by leftist, morally bankrupt ideologies such as feminism, is having repercussions on society. People are starting to violently react to it.
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I think it is certain situations. If you're using "free-speech" to threaten someone, or deliberately make lies and spread hatred or say negative things then yes. For example, if you're making a video of threats or sending threats of harming certain person or saying people who practice a certain religion are terrorists and encouraging violence or dislike then yes.
In some people's heads they think they're using free speech and they can get away with saying whatever they want to targeted person or a group of people while the person/people on the other side, are living in fear they might get hurt and get hated for simply practice their religion or doing what felt normal to them or even existing.
In some people's heads they think they're using free speech and they can get away with saying whatever they want to targeted person or a group of people while the person/people on the other side, are living in fear they might get hurt and get hated for simply practice their religion or doing what felt normal to them or even existing.
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