[LINK] the myth of government censorship

[Phillip Piper]

I agree with Bernard. Society is "held together" by manners.

Phill

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bernard Robertson-Dunn" <brd at austarmetro.com.au>
To: "Link" <link at anu.edu.au>
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 3:30 PM
Subject: Re: [LINK] the myth of government censorship


> 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
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