Freedom of speech is nice. It means you can say anything you want. Well, as long as it doesn’t offend people I guess. Censorship is pretty much the opposite of freedom of speech. And it used to be a big problem in the western world. Then some old guys got tired of reading everything that was written and just said fuck it! Just let these morons write whatever. I’m going home. And that was the end of censorship – as they knew it back then.
It’s a poorly kept secret at governments and big companies still practice The Art of No You May Not Say That. But since some guy thought TCP/IP and WWW was a good idea, and some other guy thought “Hey, why not let people share their and others videos online” I think these gray suites are gonna have to rethink… Again.
Here is a nice example for you: Simpsons censored
Oh, and little red brother – it might take a while, but I believe you are next…
Sun, 11 degrees and not a could in the sky. Spring has arrived in Dublin! And with only 6 hours left of the last day before Easter I’d say the outlook is fairly good. I expect the city to be calmer than usual, hopefully Starbucks will stay open, and the parks clean and green. I plan to spend quite some time in both. That is, when the party is over.
