Censorship close to home (4)

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Posted by Prunesquallor on Fri 11 Jul 08, 10:43 AM

One of the things that really annoys me about some threads on these boards is when the original poster chooses to censor the replies. On those rare occasions when I write a weblog, I am grateful for any response I receive - even those which are in disagreement or are critical. If you bother to respond to what I say, then your response will stand and I will be glad of it.

There are two different types of censorship. There are those people who allow no replies at all. That is I think more acceptable, because I can think of many different circumstances which might justify that. But there are those people who hold replies in abeyance, and then only allow certain of them to appear. Writing, for example, a weblog which is critical of BDSM as a whole, and of the people in it, and then only allowing those replies which are a hundred per cent positive, strikes me as somewhat cowardly. If you feel that any of those responses are wrong, or phrased badly, then if you allow them to be displayed, other people will be able to judge for themselves. If you hide certain responses, some people might judge you.

There is a slightly more important issue at stake, though. By selecting those replies which meet your approval you are, in effect, fictionalising your thread. People might then, with some justification, feel that perhaps your original posting is not to be taken too seriously.

So I would ask people to consider carefully before they censor replies. It does reflect badly on you, and tends to discredit your own words. I feel that censorship of any kind is almost always wrong; it is those governments that censor most that are the most repressive, and those people who are the most open who are repelled by the idea of censoring others.

Edited Fri 11 Jul 08, 12:21 PM by Prunesquallor

Replies

11 Jul 08, 10:58 AM
katie_may
UK, 4 yrs
apart from the odd forgetful moment these days
personally i wouldn't dream of denying someone a say
i even try to encourage it, bump it along a little
it may be my blogg but i have no right to deny anyone a say
if they disagree with me that works, some of the very best discussions i have had have been with those who have disagreed with me intensely, but then that is a particular kink of mine
i dont even initially hide them, unlike others, in for a penny.....
Edited 11 Jul 08, 11:22 AM by katie_may

11 Jul 08, 12:22 PM
Prunesquallor
UK, 3 yrs Um - I accidentally set this blog up so that replies were initially hidden. Sorry about that. *cough*

11 Jul 08, 12:25 PM
katie_may
UK, 4 yrs

Prunesquallor wrote:
Um - I accidentally set this blog up so that replies were initially hidden. Sorry about that. *cough*
as i said, apart from the odd forgetful moment

11 Jul 08, 8:41 PM
prune_juice
UK, 5 yrs

Prunesquallor wrote:
Um - I accidentally set this blog up so that replies were initially hidden. Sorry about that. *cough*
Well at least you corrected that


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