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To: AZConser
I think a veiled threat to ABC and its affiliates by the DemonRAT leadership that their broadcast licenses maybe at risk, IS AN INDIRECT CENSORSHIP. Without their broadcast licenses, they are NOTHING.

Oh, come on. Do you think ABC takes this seriously? There is no censorship in this country, and ABC knows it. The licenses of their affiliates is not in danger, and if it were I would be up in arms.

This argument seems like a mini case study in Godwin's Law.

80 posted on 09/08/2006 2:36:53 PM PDT by SolidSupplySide
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To: SolidSupplySide
Oh, come on. Do you think ABC takes this seriously?

Yeah. I think any American corporation, or individual, threatened by sitting U.S. Senators has to take it seriously.

Look. I make a distinction myself between Clinton and representatives of his (former) administration attempting to smear and strong arm ABC/Disney on the one hand, and the recent actions of Senate Democrats on the other. Yeah, sure even the former is disgusting, ludicrously self-absorbed and recklessly destructive of rational public discourse. And indeed it's of a censorious "spirit". But I agree with you that it's not literally "censorship".

But if you can't see sitting Senators PUBLICLY demanding that a private entity alter or withhold its work product as a real attempt at effect literal censorship, then you've jumped the shark my friend.

101 posted on 09/09/2006 6:58:00 PM PDT by Stultis
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