Feb 2019
Let's talk for a moment about free speech.
Hello Poet, say what you will for art is free speech and expression of the soul.
Hello poet, think what you will because thoughts are free and through thought we become more and strive for greater heights.
So, I am torn and here is why.
Censorship in art?
The word *****- a female dog.
The word ****- a term for a rooster.
The word ***- a British term for a cigarette.
Offensive words yet being offended is a one to one ratio.
To censor words and art is a step backward in the artistic community, that being said this is a public site who have advertisers and marketable money making devices set in place to keep this site running...so art vs commerce...
Who chooses what gets the starred dots and under what guidelines, is it context? Is it all no matter what?
What if the offensive part of the piece isn't a word what about the topic?
The open discussion isn't to be found it's hid behind stars where meaning and emotion are often blurred.
So I can't say FcK fair enough, I'd have to say Sx or making love, but I can't really say I got made love out of a job or I got scred out of a job.
Is there no place for raw language that is ugly and unflattering? So all art must be clean and pristine so it does not offend the mass population?
Do you know how the population got to be so big? A lot of lve making, Oh because what if someone finds that word offenve?
Do we spe* around the iue* now?
finds what *?
If is a ***** word then isn't language lost?
Words alone are not offensive, the subjective nature of the word to the individual makes them offensive, now clearly there is a time and a place for these things...you shouldn't say * in church, you shouldn't call a ....sorry a human younger than a toddler an *.
But this is an art site, a website devoted to art and free thinking, yet the advertisers who support and fund this site say that some words may offend the public and so those words must be banned...so are we * more * * *?
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I am torn because in a place where thoughts should be free, where art and ideas are expressly told to be free and stand out, now in some way the voice of anger, the voice of radical emotions are now muted, yet at the same time...someone has to pay for this site to keep it running, and a platform to stand is better than no platform at all...but if you're going to censor the words where does it stop?
Everyone is offended by something all it takes is one loud good complaint and a word, an image, a book, a movie, a song...they get burned, deleted, blocked, censored...
I am torn.
Hello Poet, say what you will for art is free speech and expression of the soul.
Hello poet, think what you will because thoughts are free and through thought we become more and strive for greater heights.
So, I am torn and here is why.
Censorship in art?
The word *****- a female dog.
The word ****- a term for a rooster.
The word ***- a British term for a cigarette.
Offensive words yet being offended is a one to one ratio.
To censor words and art is a step backward in the artistic community, that being said this is a public site who have advertisers and marketable money making devices set in place to keep this site running...so art vs commerce...
Who chooses what gets the starred dots and under what guidelines, is it context? Is it all no matter what?
What if the offensive part of the piece isn't a word what about the topic?
The open discussion isn't to be found it's hid behind stars where meaning and emotion are often blurred.
So I can't say FcK fair enough, I'd have to say Sx or making love, but I can't really say I got made love out of a job or I got scred out of a job.
Is there no place for raw language that is ugly and unflattering? So all art must be clean and pristine so it does not offend the mass population?
Do you know how the population got to be so big? A lot of lve making, Oh because what if someone finds that word offenve?
Do we spe* around the iue* now?
finds what *?
If is a ***** word then isn't language lost?
Words alone are not offensive, the subjective nature of the word to the individual makes them offensive, now clearly there is a time and a place for these things...you shouldn't say * in church, you shouldn't call a ....sorry a human younger than a toddler an *.
But this is an art site, a website devoted to art and free thinking, yet the advertisers who support and fund this site say that some words may offend the public and so those words must be banned...so are we * more * * *?
*
I am torn because in a place where thoughts should be free, where art and ideas are expressly told to be free and stand out, now in some way the voice of anger, the voice of radical emotions are now muted, yet at the same time...someone has to pay for this site to keep it running, and a platform to stand is better than no platform at all...but if you're going to censor the words where does it stop?
Everyone is offended by something all it takes is one loud good complaint and a word, an image, a book, a movie, a song...they get burned, deleted, blocked, censored...
I am torn.
