Censorship with a broad brush

["Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rmslade () shaw ca>]

Just in case you have been hiding under a (Higgs or non-Higgs) rock for the past 
few weeks, TomKat is breaking up [1].  Tom Cruise is a highly visible 
Scientologist.  Many people have been commenting on possible Scientology 
aspects of the breakup.  Scientology seems to break out in a rash whenever anyone 
mentions the cult.

So, someone has provided a simple means for Scientologists to try and ensure that 
any mention of Scientology, or the event, or anything, is removed.
http://j.mp/LHl8CJ
or
http://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2012/07/05/scientology-inc-wants-to-censor-
cruiseholmes-break-up-news/

The main thrust of the instruction is that everybody will have a "code of conduct" 
on their Website, and every code of conduct will ban anything that "defames, 
degrades… an individual or group," or something similar.  So, you just blanket 
object to everything on that basis.

I think it should work pretty well.  I'd say that, following Lord Northcliffe's 
dictum that "News is what somebody, somewhere wants to suppress.  All the rest is 
advertising," any interesting posting could be seen, by someone, as defaming or 
degrading some individual or group ...



[1] Never mind: I didn't know who/what/where TomKat was until a few days ago.  
It's only marginally germane to the point. [2]

[2] And I would *never* defame or degrade you for not knowing that.  Unless it 
was really, really funny.

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