I would like to say something about the creeping tolerance for censoreship here in our country. Not to detail the specific instances because I am sure we all know it goes on.
Why is it a bad thing? Well because it destroys trust. If you have to second guess everything you read; then how can you trust anything you read? It demeans those who practice it and it destroys the credibility of those who abide by it.
Even in small seemingly unobtrusive ways that appear initially to be harmless the insidious effects have a half-life that eventually poisons all possibility of truth.All censoreship is predicated on reorganising the facts to suit the agenda.
I would rather hear the most terrible truth than the happiest lie.
Hey; look at Iraq..how many dead based on censored reports?