Should the internet censor "dangerous" opinions?

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Apparently some DUers think so--(astounded me).

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=222x28345

They actually tried to tie a good ACLU person like me into the Eagle Forum.

Even though I greatly fear the ideas expressed in this thread, they do have the right to express their views.

[kimjamey69]

1. what is dangerous?

That is the question?

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2. I guess whatever they *say* is dangerous

LOL!!

I think I and everyone else would like to decide for ourselves what is/isn't dangerous in the form of opinions.

I'm not going to let this go. I'm going to start a thread containing some of the things they want banned from the internet. This is just too tempting.

[kimjamey69]

3. Skydiving Dangerous???

I am so irritated by people telling me what i should and should not say, think and not think, what i can and can't do (within the law of course) Now I skydive, alot of people think that is dangerous but not to me. That does not give me the right to tell someone it is not dangerous, They are responsible enough to make up there own mind! There is no law that says i have to agree with you. So why are we letting people decide what we do, how we do it? I am really confused today!

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4. You don't

Have fun skydiving. If you want to tell people it is or isn't dangerous it is your right to do so. They don't have to believe you.

[kimjamey69]

6. True! i think this is dangerous

I do not try to convince anyone of anything anymore, but you know what i think is dangerous?? Poison (lol) Its the way everyone is constantly trying to make us believe the way they do I think that is dangerous

[Bitwit1234]

7. I was going to ask that you beat me to it

Just for kicks, what dangerous to one isn't to another. I think all opinions by republicans are dangerous.

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9. exactly the point

That is why I so appreciate the JFK quotation in the Naomi Wolf thread.

As JFK said: "We are not afraid to entrust the American people with
unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values.
For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood
in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people."

[kimjamey69]

11. so true

That is perfect!

[stillcool]

5. I thought it already did...

Netwar refers to information-related conflict at a grand level between nations or societies. It means trying to disrupt, damage, or modify what a target population knows or thinks it knows about itself and the world around it. A netwar may focus on public or elite opinion, or both. It may involve public diplomacy measures, propaganda and psychological campaigns, political and cultural subversion, deception or interference with local media, infiltration of computer networks and databases, and efforts to promote dissident or opposition movements across computer networks. Thus designing a
strategy for netwar may mean grouping together from a new perspective a number of measures that have
been used before but we're viewed separately … In other words, netwar represents a new entry on the
spectrum of conflict that spans economic, political and social, as well as military forms of "war.

In summary, they see netwar as information-based conflict that:

*Disrupts, damages, or changes what a society thinks about itself and the world.
*Targets elite or public opinion based on the political structure of the enemy State.
*Uses all available networks to carry its message to the target audience.
http://www.d-n-i.net/fcs/hammes.htm

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8. this is "futuristic"

But maybe the posters in the "Health" forum are there to prepare us for the day when opinions on the internet are censored, and that is accepted by the American people.

[kimjamey69]

10. scary

This topic could go many different directions, I know i do not want anyone telling me lies to scare me into there way of thinking but sadly I am sure that is happening all the time.