Originally posted by secretagent woooman
reply to post by ImaginaryReality1984
I am a reporter and know far more about the neccesity of "neutrality" than most readers on this site. I also have seen just how destructive libel and gossip on the web is and how it pervades reality to the point that people can't distinguish fact from fiction. Ever read most of the posts on this site all the way through? My only surprise is that more people on here do NOT get harassed by the government for the nonsense they write.
Sorry but a vast amount of websites serve no purposes other than gossip and self promotion, including a hell of a lot of news sites. The Internet was kept out of the general public's hands for many years exactly to prevent what it has become and technically, the government is well within rights to rescind it since its actual purpose was military/government interfacing. The people who argue against "censorship" usually are people hiding behind a computer intentionally writing false or exploitative garbage to stir crap up.
You are NOT a reporter, that is abundantly clear. If you consider yourself in any way a reporter it could only be a misguided reaction to the trivial diploma from some obtuse regional apprenticeship served with a chalk board tabloid.
No serious journalist would ever even consider writing what you have written - for without doubt the vast majority of all the printed material in human history has little more value than that which you decry - yet we defend our right to say, speak, write and proclaim what ever we wish as the censoring, prevention or deletion is of far greater concern that the slanderous, useless diatribes we create.
The vast majority, probably 99.99% of all that has been written, spoken or carved into rocks was useless claptrap with only a very tiny fraction being worthy of greatness or even worthwhile in some remote degree.
But these great pieces, from Huxley to Marx would not exist if the censorship you advocate existed.
Again - there is absolutely NO CHANCE you are a journalist of any note what-so-EVER - and I would challenge you to an debate on any issue of any significance at any time as your comments are so profoundly ill informed that I have no hesitation in assuming the mantle of your intellectual superior hence forth. A truly moronic post.
Free speech means hearing thing syou may not like, agree with or even
respect in any way. I hear read things on the net i'm disgusted to see, but in the end that is free speech, and it is my right to speak against what
others say. I'm so tired of people trying to censor others whilst claiming they are bastions of free speech. 
