IP: RE: interview censored by U.S. State Dept., published in the UK

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

Was not my word, but ...


> From: "Tony Mayo" <tm () hiddenfootprints com>
> To: <farber () cis upenn edu>
> Subject: RE: interview censored by U.S. State Dept., published in the UK
> Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 12:42:48 -0400
>
>
> Please be more precise in the use of the incendiary word "censored." If the
> US government had tried to stop the Washington Post from running the
> interview we could be worried about losing our freedoms, but that is not
> what happened. When the government uses threats of force to stop a private
> entity from publishing something, that's censorship. When a government
> agency declines to use its resources to promulgate something inconsistent
> with its aims, that's judgment. Virtually nothing except child pornography
> is censored in the US.
>
> Best wishes,
> Tony Mayo



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