I define censorship as suppressing any paper, book, artwork, or other item because of ideological, political, personal or ethical reasons.
I censor my kids all the time: They can't swear, they have to be polite, they can't walk around naked, etc.
Various churches issue lists of censored materials all the time. Lots of good Christians are not even supposed to read about other religions, or about any sort of behavior that's not officially accepted by that church (e.g. a paper in support of birth control, or in favor of abortion, or about the practice of Hinduism).
They censor movies by giving them official ratings. That's done by a board which is supposed to be independent of both the film industry and the government - yeah, right.
Censorship should not be confused with editing, as in only picking out the best stories to put in one's magazine, or only displaying the best books in one's bookstore.
Censorship is something that can be - and is - done by most people at one time or another.
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I censor my kids all the time: They can't swear, they have to be polite, they can't walk around naked, etc.
Various churches issue lists of censored materials all the time. Lots of good Christians are not even supposed to read about other religions, or about any sort of behavior that's not officially accepted by that church (e.g. a paper in support of birth control, or in favor of abortion, or about the practice of Hinduism).
They censor movies by giving them official ratings. That's done by a board which is supposed to be independent of both the film industry and the government - yeah, right.
Censorship should not be confused with editing, as in only picking out the best stories to put in one's magazine, or only displaying the best books in one's bookstore.
Censorship is something that can be - and is - done by most people at one time or another.