There's a couple of interesting issues here. The first is the idea of censorship. Censorship can only be carried out by the government. There is no
such thing as censorship by a corporation or individual. When a corporation or individual decides not to show or air an event, they are merely acting
within their rights as the owner of the venue. This is not censorship!
On the otherhand, if the government elects to block the airing of an event for political reasons, that is censorship. In the event the material in
question is offensive to the community at large, that would not constitute censorship.
A gray area is a semi-public facility such as an airport. While supported to a certain degree by public funds, the ultimate responsibility falls to a
private enterprise. In this case, the airport. Given the traffic in an airport, and the fact that children and others who may be offended by certain
"art works", cannot avoid seeing them in a publicly funded environment where the purpose is not an art exhibit, then both the government and a
private organization charged with management of the facility may restrict what is exhibited.
In short, avoid problems, use good taste in what you're doing. Don't try and use an airport to make your point -- you'll lose!!!!
Yes! This is meant to represent a wide cross-section of opinions in graphical format!
Whatever!?!?!??!
[Edited on 5/17/2004 by CommonSense]
