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Sorry, but your argument is starting to sound like that of an idealistic teenager who believes in absolute freedoms. The geopolitical reality of the situation is far more complex. Unbridled freedom of speech is all well and good, but it makes for fractious environment.
Don't get me wrong - I'm not trying to suggest your idealism is born out of naivety, just that in an uncensored world nothing would ever get done, on the basis that consensus just isn't feasible.
The_Kindness_of_Trees
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Absolutely. Censorship is absolutely a bad thing per se. What Voltaire said. If you don't understand the critical importance of media scrutiny - uncensored and with full freedom of the press - to effective democracy and civil society ain't nobody got time for that conversation.