tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9073298.post3657813874281762481..comments2023-10-16T08:20:47.101-05:00Comments on The Iconic Midwest: Actual Honest To God CensorshipRich Hortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561931187909269006noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9073298.post-61614852602855453492007-05-11T07:53:00.000-05:002007-05-11T07:53:00.000-05:00No. "Censorship" is the power to stop the publica...No. "Censorship" is the power to stop the publication or desemination of a work using the legal and coercive power of the state. <BR/><BR/>A Catholic library cannot stop the publication of any work in any way. Besides, there are tens of thousands of books and periodicals that libraries do not carry because they are deemed not appropriate to the mission of the institution. Are every single one of those cases an act of "Censorship?"<BR/><BR/>A private institution has as much right to decide what should or shouldn't sit on their bookshelves as you or I do.Rich Hortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15561931187909269006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9073298.post-26758248540416088082007-05-11T01:26:00.000-05:002007-05-11T01:26:00.000-05:00Surley you're joking. If a Catholic school does no...Surley you're joking. If a Catholic school does not offer its students the information about choice, how can this not be censorship?<BR/><BR/>This is exactaly what censorship is - not giving people a choice when there is one -is censorship.<BR/><BR/>RobRobert J Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05131856697581685221noreply@blogger.com