On Sat, 26 Apr 2003 19:53:36 -0700
Phillip Hallam-Baker <Hallam-Baker> wrote:
Blacklists are inherently a censorship mechanism.
No, not at all, for the simple reason that there is no coercion or
threat.
Censor:
n: a person who is authorized to read publications or correspondence
or to watch theatrical performances and suppress in whole or in part
anything considered obscene or politically unacceptable
v 1: forbid the public distribution of; as of movies or newspapers
[syn: ban] 2: subject to political, religious, or moral censorship;
"This magazine is censored by the government"
Blacklists exercise no such force majeure. The are an advisory without
the ability to either compel, or to detect or castigate those who don't
comply or subscribe.
No, blacklists are just the old game of Coventry in British High
Schools, except without the peer pressure or political alignments.
--
J C Lawrence
---------(*) Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas.
claw(_at_)kanga(_dot_)nu He lived as a devil, eh?
http://www.kanga.nu/~claw/ Evil is a name of a foeman, as I live.
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