This week's topic is the censorship of writing, a practice which I frown upon with the biggest scowl I can muster up. The censorship of written works is akin to the censorship of thoughts and feelings. The only people who agree with such are dictators and other people who wish to control the masses. These people are afraid of independent thought and would like to avoid having alternate thoughts being considered by the people under their power. Unfortunately, this is the alluring quality of published writing, all of the different ideas and ideologies that have been expressed for your consideration. To some this is scary, as it threatens their own ideal little world in which they would hate for people to disagree with them, but to me, it is beautiful to be able to tap into a little piece of many people's minds. In life everyone has different opinions, so we need to accept that, and accept everyone's thoughts in the form of writing. While I definitely want all books to be published, I can definitely understand the banning of or decision not to publish a certain writing if they are really against general morals, for example a manual on how to dismember a cat, or books that spread hate. In all honesty though, people who would write something like that should be censored from the world anyways, and so should their writing.
Love and peace and warm, fuzzy kitties, Kar <3
Oh Karolina... I do believe you can muster a very big scowl (very humorous). Beyond "How To Dismember A Cat" there is the issue of hate literature. Writing that is racist, anti-gay or encourages the persecution of a religious group, may be of some concern, don't you think?
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