[stylist] censorship

[John J. Boyer]

I must agree with Lori. There is no place for obscene or profane 
language in civilized discourse. 

John

On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 09:35:21PM -0400, Judith Bron wrote:
> There is no age barrier for blindness.  People who are very young to very 
> old are afflicted with visual impairments.  Unless you want to limit 
> members on the list according to age, you might want to think again about 
> allowing writing containing offensive language or content on the list.  In 
> other words folks, it's a family audience.  Judith
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "loristay" <loristay at aol.com>
> To: <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 8:31 PM
> Subject: [stylist] censorship
> 
> 
> The issue of censorship always flies a red flag. Having been the target of 
> some unreasonable censorship, I am uncomfortable being in the position of 
> censoring anyone. But at the moment a writer has been sending me 
> pornographic, anti a certain political party, and just plain obscene, 
> disgusting stuff. That's the kind of thing I don't want to see.
> 
> As for the type of writing we've been discussing, it should be okay if the 
> writer simply posts at the beginning, "Some violence," or "strong language."
> 
> Lori
> 
> P.S. I like what Robert had to say too. Let's all weigh in on this one.
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John J. Boyer, Executive Director
GodTouches Digital Ministry, Inc.
http://www.godtouches.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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