[Note: The original version of this essay first appeared in Eastern Connecticut State University's Campus Lantern student newspaper in the early '90s and in my unpublished manuscript "In Mediocrity We Trust... In Debt We Die" And Other Essays before record labeling was imposed nationwide.]
It seems that most of these self-appointed censors are so-called Born Again religious fanatics, who would probably still believe that the sun revolves around the earth if a church official or clergyman said it were so. There are still remnants of the 'Sun Revolves Around The Earth' mentality that continue to persist to this day. Some examples of this skewed attitude are: "Fetuses are babies."; "Only churchgoers and so-called God-fearing/worshipping folk are moral, decent and righteous."; and worst of all: "If a small minority of supposedly 'decent, moral folk' decide what is right or wrong for everybody, then everyone is better off.", etc. I disagree with all of these ideas. (to be cont'd)
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