“Sir Elton of Pillowbiter”
the last time I heard this guy whining about his chosen profession, it was right after Linda Rhonstadt had a little tiff at a gig in Vegas.
As I recall, Linda blatantly insulted at least half of her audience. Fully half of the audience members had the self-respect to walk out on her. The Casino manager, because he is not stupid, fired her ... just like any employee who actively drives away 50% of the clientelle.
Sir Elton of Pillowbiter decried this as sure proof that there exists a horrible censorship state. I think he called it a "dark, dark day" or maybe it was a "sad, sad day".
I'm not sure if he meant it was censor ship for the audience to leave, or for Ronstadt to be dismissed, but we can proceed without that conclusion.
So then according to Elton, censorship is either:
> choosing not to sit still and be continually insulted by someone you've paid to amuse you
- or -
> dismissing an employee who insulted and chased away half the customers
- or maybe both of those...
... but calling for the internet to be Big-Brother-fied is NOT censorship.
To be fair, he doesn't say that his proposal isn't censorship but obviously he sees it a solution rather than a problem. A "problem" is when people are NOT forced by law to sit and listen to an Enlightened One insult them...
which BTW is actually torture ... isn't it? To be forced to sit and listen to someone talk who makes you uncomfortable? Oh, sorry ... I forgot ... that may or may not be torture - depeding on WHO is being insulted.
This from the source of that floater “Candle in the Wind”.