[quote]steveo5801 wrote:
pbody03 wrote:
steveo5801 wrote:
Since many people on these forums have proposed what amounts to censoring my threads when it comes to religion, I thought that we should talk about the topic of censorsip in general.
Is there any room for the censoring of ideas in a free society like ours? I mean, taking aside pornography and obscene speech – the question is:
Should speech that is disliked by some (or even the majority) be censored by that majority?
I am not talking about me, necessarily, but the concept in general. I would like to hear your ideas on these subpoints:
(1) When is it OK to censor disliked speech?
(2) Do the topics matter – should we censor only religious topics?
(3) Who gets to decide what is censored?
(4) Who gets to decide what is acceptable or unacceptable speech?
(5) How does the Bill of Rights figure into all of this?
In my view, as long as someone is not promoting anything illegal or obscene, there is no room for censorship of any kind in the public marketplace of ideas (period).
What say ye?
I’m all for censorship if it means eliminating posts from one eyed vsionaries such as your self. Your close-minded and overbearing high minded drivel borders on obscene and pornographic. To think you are a teacher is downright scarey. No I won’t be responding to anything you spew in response to this from your self righteous pulpit.
Yes, I know it can be scary thinking a teacher would stand in front of young people to encourage them to love God with all of their heart, mind, and soul and to serve Him with their lives. Yes, teaching them the joys of the 10 Commandments of God is an awful thing.
Better for them to go to the public school where they can be taught by atheists such as yourself. Yes better they to be taught to have sex but only use protection, that it is OK and a choice to kill your unborn baby, and of course that sodomy is a legit alternative lifestyle.
Yes, much better to prohibit the use of the Bible, the posting of the commands of God and exchange them for a secular, Godless worldview, where every one’s opinion is equal to everyone else’s and there is no moral absolutes.
Yes, I know it is very scary indeed…[/quote]
I’ve changed my mind and decided to respond to your post, if only to thank you for proving beyond the shadow of a doubt that you should not be teaching.
Let’s see, first you adopt the typical strawman stance. Where did I say say that because it disagree with you that I was a) an atheist, I could be a moderate, b) support current sex ed, c) support abortion, d) express my views on alternate lifestyles? All of which you seem to think is on the current curriculum.
Your views are what I expected, If I or others don’t agree with you and support you views or delivery of them then I/we must have a totally opposite view. There’s no other view points or room for moderation in your wold, is there steve? It’s the typical, if yer not for me, yer agin me, bs.
Your intolerant view would not sit well by the very man you profess to beleive in. A man who preached love and tolerance for everyone. How about enjoying your life and not expecting others to follow your path or condemming them for not doing so?
I also took the time to view all of your posts, because as I suspected, you are only here to preach and push your views on others. Not one post was anywhere but in this forum. In case your forget this is a Bodybuilding with a Politics and World Issues Forum, not the other way around.
This just shows how myopic and narrow your thinking is. You won’t find any converts here, so take your bigotry elsewhere. Like I said, scarey to think you are a teacher.