On 05/12/2004 Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > so you would even accept nazi propaganda material in debian, just > > because you dislike censorship? > > Yes, for the very same reason that many public libraries across the > world contain the book 'Mein Kampf', by Adolf Hitler.
there's a big difference between documenting history and actively propagandizing historical backspins. at least there should be. > > did you ever think about the issue, that discriminating > > positions/POVs themselves are censoring, as they eliminate the thoughts > > of suppressed individuals? > > It is discriminating to censor other people's thoughts, even if those > thoughts themselves are discriminating and advocate censorship. you may run into big troubles if you tolerate a violent ideology - it's no longer about thoughts but more about brutality. maybe we have different ideas about what freedom is, but at least in my eyes - freedom is always limited by other peoples freedom. discriminating is mostly about retrenching other peoples freedom, isn't it? bye jonas
