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<blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 8748191" data-attributes="member: 6801228"><p>No it isn't. </p><p></p><p>Going to the wikipedia page: "Censorship can be conducted by governments, private institutions and other controlling bodies." </p><p></p><p>I am not the government.</p><p>I am not a private institution. </p><p>I am not a controlling body. </p><p></p><p>I am an individual. Even if me and six other people got together and all sent letters to Weiss and Hickman... it still isnt' censorship, because we are not a large enough body to have any pressure to apply. </p><p></p><p>You keep making this claim about censorship which is WILDLY out of step with the definition of the word, which if your goal is to reduce censorship is counter-productive, as now you are trying to compel speech and say that individuals are not allowed to tell other individuals not to do something.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I don't have time to go and watch a bad movie just to pat myself on the back about how I'm "judging for myself" I have plenty of GOOD movies I haven't had time to watch. </p><p></p><p>Again, this isn't censorship. It is review and criticism. These are not the same thing.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The Sword of Truth by Terry Goodkind? Those books get VERY explicit about his promotion of ideas. Twenty-Two books and a movie adaptation?</p><p></p><p>But, this?</p><p></p><p>"<em>unless the author is actively seeking to promote something, correlation of fictional works with real life event/person/groups is dubious to make at best and malicious at worst.</em>"</p><p></p><p>This is wrong. Unconscious bias exists. And calling it out is a GOOD thing. Because if the author is listening that means that they can make informed choices and write better. I've uncovered unconcious bias in my own work. I know what it is like, I know that I need to improve my writing and not allow these easy ruts to guide me to tired and bad ideas. Following those ruts on purpose is very different, because it is a choice. </p><p></p><p>And of course, there is the difference to being ignorant of something and being WILLFULLY ignorant of something.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chaosmancer, post: 8748191, member: 6801228"] No it isn't. Going to the wikipedia page: "Censorship can be conducted by governments, private institutions and other controlling bodies." I am not the government. I am not a private institution. I am not a controlling body. I am an individual. Even if me and six other people got together and all sent letters to Weiss and Hickman... it still isnt' censorship, because we are not a large enough body to have any pressure to apply. You keep making this claim about censorship which is WILDLY out of step with the definition of the word, which if your goal is to reduce censorship is counter-productive, as now you are trying to compel speech and say that individuals are not allowed to tell other individuals not to do something. I don't have time to go and watch a bad movie just to pat myself on the back about how I'm "judging for myself" I have plenty of GOOD movies I haven't had time to watch. Again, this isn't censorship. It is review and criticism. These are not the same thing. The Sword of Truth by Terry Goodkind? Those books get VERY explicit about his promotion of ideas. Twenty-Two books and a movie adaptation? But, this? "[I]unless the author is actively seeking to promote something, correlation of fictional works with real life event/person/groups is dubious to make at best and malicious at worst.[/I]" This is wrong. Unconscious bias exists. And calling it out is a GOOD thing. Because if the author is listening that means that they can make informed choices and write better. I've uncovered unconcious bias in my own work. I know what it is like, I know that I need to improve my writing and not allow these easy ruts to guide me to tired and bad ideas. Following those ruts on purpose is very different, because it is a choice. And of course, there is the difference to being ignorant of something and being WILLFULLY ignorant of something. [/QUOTE]
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