[LINK] the myth of government censorship

[Bernard Robertson-Dunn]

Deus Ex Machina wrote:
> 
> Sam Hinton [sam.hinton at canberra.edu.au] wrote:
> > On 2/4/03 4:38 PM, "Deus Ex Machina" <vicc at cia.com.au> wrote:
> >
> > To some degree, control can be seen as a necessary life process.
> > Without control, there'd be anarchy.  It's the glue that holds
> > society together.

> no its not. what holds society together is choice.

I beg to differ.

Society is "held together" because its citizens are prepared a) to be
tolerant and b) to accept a reduction of choice through peer pressure and
formal laws.

When I drive down the street I have lost the right to drive on the wrong
side of the road and I am tolerant of other users at intersections and
traffic jams. Society works on the same principle writ large.

Conversly, society falls apart when people become intolerant and refuse to
behaviou according to society's norms.

Disclaimer: This is my opinion, I can't prove it.

-- 
What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of
frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is
the first law of nature.
-- Voltaire

Regards
brd

Bernard Robertson-Dunn
Canberra Australia
brd at austarmetro.com.au