Re: EU Promotes Continent-Wide Censorship

["Brian Loe" <knobdy () gmail com>]

On 5/19/06, Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com> wrote:
> Right. So, what's bad about the various countries of Europe, trying to
> come to a concensus of what constitutes that crime?

Nothing - just stating the finer point in the difference between child
porn laws and censorship.


> In practice, you don't allow people to work as prostitutes, you don't
> allow adults aged 19 to drink alcohol - despite your constitution. But
> we've already been over this, and it probably isn't productive to go
> through it again.

That's different - those are BAD laws which run counter to our
Constitution and the inalienable rights of humans everywhere. We've
salted our freedoms with "decency" levels.

> Just as the USA has state laws and federal laws, the idea is for the
> countries of Europe to have their own laws, and also for there to be laws
> that we all subscribe to. And since TV and internet tends to cross
> borders, it makes sense to combine together on the laws of censorship for
> those media.

No argument there.

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