Censorship when we are given the sense of knowledge and reality?

@viney17 (688)
Philippines
October 2, 2011 8:10am CST
so i read about this two opposing arguments of Nafisi and Plato, well two great philosophers they may be but they think in the opposite way. So we are given knowledge and reality around us, so why bother to censor things? I know people may sometimes 'know too much" and can put them into danger, but if we are fools on this planet we may not survive that long. So what do you think ? should we still implement censorship given the people around us already give us the sense of knowledge and reality?
1 response
@Adoniah (7512)
• United States
2 Oct 11
Not everyone is capable of absorbing knowledge and not everyone has attained enough knowledge to handle certain information. A little child should not be exposed to certain information...By not exposing them we are censoring their access to info...I do not think that this is a bad thing. When a country is trying to defend itself from enemies the government offend censors information relating to its military movements...this too is a good form of censorship. There are some forms of material and pictures that are considered offensive to the majority of the people living in a country. These materials are often censored. These feelings are called moral norms. These moral norms change as societies change. They are not a bad thing as long as it is a true majority. As far as reality goes...LOL Not everyone is living in the same reality as the rest of the world. I will not go there...
@viney17 (688)
• Philippines
6 Oct 11
hmm but dude the more you censor things and forbid kids the more they will search for it because their curiosity will always get the best of them. Thanks for answering though
@viney17 (688)
• Philippines
9 Nov 11
I do not really believe that there are things that are not meant to be known, if they really are secret that must not be discovered then why are they in this world in the first place? Secrets are meant to be known for me, i think its not that foolish to be curious in things. It's not curiosity that lead people to danger, but it is their carelessness.