Censorship: Has it Ever Happened to You?

[ernstinen]

Just a thought: What type of envelope did you send your cassette in? If it was a regular "letter" envelope with no padding, it will get kicked out at the post office because the letter machines can't process it, and probably got tossed in the trash.Either that, or GOD didn't like it and sent it to purgatory! Ern

[pitterpatter]

I knew I shouldn't have smoked that ***** while I was putting together the package. Just kidding. My friend who works in the government in Customs, not at the Post Office, seems to think that all these envelopes go on a conveyor belt and they only search suspicious terrorist looking stuff or things that look like they have drugs in them, etc. Also, she thinks that statistically, the post office loses about 1% of the mail every year. That's a lot of mail. I'm leaning towards lost in the mail now. I'm sure this will make a lot of people happy to know that I have finally come to this conclusion. But.....I'm not ruling out the possibility that it could be that the devil caused my envelope to get lost even if God had nothing to do with it.

[jonathanm]

Mar 6, 2009, 4:17pm, pitterpatter wrote:I'm not ruling out the possibility that it could be that the devil caused my envelope to get lost...I heard during slow times he does get temp work at the postal service.

[Casey H]

Mar 6, 2009, 2:50pm, toddt wrote:Can we keep the Wrath of God stuff off this music site please? Even out of this general hangout area? I'm so completely not "offended", but I also so completely and fundamentally just don't want to know what people here believe (some of it is probably scary), and I think it is mildly insensitive to assume that anyone does. There are fantastic sites elsewhere on this here Interweb for that type of thing, and although it is not my prerogative to say this, I doubt that Taxi wants to be one of them.Pitterpatter, I've seen you post and you seem pretty cool but please think about what you're posting in this instance. No matter how fervently you believe whatever it is that you believe, you can be 100% sure that there are others who, equally as fervently, equally as convinced, and with just as much or as little proof, believe what they believe - and we don't want people unleashing their beliefs on each other here - that way madness lies (or at least Godwin's Law). I have to agree. Keep religion and politics away... And censorship? I don't know why that word keeps coming up. This is forum run by a private company. There is no guaranteed right so say anything you want. So please leave the "C" word out of this. Casey

[pitterpatter]

Maybe we should just put together a list of all the things we want to censor and then...

[brindabella]

Mar 6, 2009, 4:56pm, pitterpatter wrote:Maybe we should just put together a list of all the things we want to censor and then... Hmmm............the IRS_?

[sgs4u]

Mar 6, 2009, 4:37pm, hurowitz wrote:Mar 6, 2009, 2:50pm, toddt wrote:Can we keep the Wrath of God stuff off this music site please? Even out of this general hangout area? I'm so completely not "offended", but I also so completely and fundamentally just don't want to know what people here believe (some of it is probably scary), and I think it is mildly insensitive to assume that anyone does. There are fantastic sites elsewhere on this here Interweb for that type of thing, and although it is not my prerogative to say this, I doubt that Taxi wants to be one of them.Pitterpatter, I've seen you post and you seem pretty cool but please think about what you're posting in this instance. No matter how fervently you believe whatever it is that you believe, you can be 100% sure that there are others who, equally as fervently, equally as convinced, and with just as much or as little proof, believe what they believe - and we don't want people unleashing their beliefs on each other here - that way madness lies (or at least Godwin's Law). I have to agree. Keep religion and politics away... And censorship? I don't know why that word keeps coming up. This is forum run by a private company. There is no guaranteed right so say anything you want. So please leave the "C" word out of this. CaseyGod, Music and Creativity are all the same to me. Pitterpatter had a right to write the word. That's why the word came up. If Taxi needs to censor something Casey, why not let Taxi do it?I just don't think you or I help anything by telling people what they're allowed to write. Don't take it personally, I'd say the same thing to anyone.

[suzdoyle]

One man's (or woman's) Creativity is another man's (or woman's) Crap. And vice versa -- which is what makes the world so interesting, eh? !!I say that the only logical thing to censor is Brussel Sprouts.Oh, wait. I LOVE Brussel Sprouts. Never mind. (Sending check to ACLU) . . . ,SuzViva la Freedom of Speech, Baby!

[Casey H]

Mar 6, 2009, 5:52pm, sgs4u wrote:Mar 6, 2009, 4:37pm, hurowitz wrote:I have to agree. Keep religion and politics away... And censorship? I don't know why that word keeps coming up. This is forum run by a private company. There is no guaranteed right so say anything you want. So please leave the "C" word out of this. CaseyGod, Music and Creativity are all the same to me. Pitterpatter had a right to write the word. That's why the word came up. If Taxi needs to censor something Casey, why not let Taxi do it?I just don't think you or I help anything by telling people what they're allowed to write. Don't take it personally, I'd say the same thing to anyone. I'm not telling anyone what they are allowed to say. I'm giving my OPINION which included my distaste for the word "censorship" (or "censor") applied to situations like this. If people want to talk about this stuff, I simply won't participate. BUT I might make some popcorn to munch on while I watch the sparks fly... Oh, and also start a betting pool as to date and time when things will get so ugly, the thread gets yanked.... And then a second betting pool on when the first post appears crying foul because the thread got "censored". Casey

[sgs4u]

Mar 6, 2009, 4:37pm, hurowitz wrote:I have to agree. Keep religion and politics away... CaseyYour words appeared to be telling people here. Sorry if I misunderstood.