ironsoul opened this issue on Dec 22, 2018 ยท 47 posts
operaguy posted Thu, 27 December 2018 at 12:49 PM
Suggest digging a little deeper than Wikipedia and a randomly selected google search...
Oxford Reference (OED-based): Click for Oxford Reference article on censorship This clearly observes that censorship requires government establishment and enforcement. It even notes that "self-censorship" means "I got a threat from government to punish me if I don't take action. They have a the power to fine me or jail me or confiscate my license. So, I'll self-censor before they do so."
Censorship requires government legal enforcement.
I concede that the term "censoring" has drifted (or been pushed) from its essential definition of 'state control' into a slovenly 'slang' usage of "the owner of that thing is mean, and won't let me do what I want to do. I don't care if he thinks he owns it, I wanna and that's my right. He's censoring my rights." That is the pity, not the pride.
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