Freedom should prevail over censorship, because it must prevail. The war against censorship will largely be a battle of words and wills, but more extreme tactics may or may not be necessary. Fighting fire with fire by confrontation may deter many of these self-appointed moralists. After all, allowing censors and so-called 'Moral Majority' types even one small victory makes them bolder and even more arrogant; and that much more likely to try to destroy the freedoms which we all should cherish and vigilantly protect at all costs. (to be cont'd)
[The original version of this essay first appeared in Eastern Connecticut State University's Campus Lantern student newspaper in the early '90s and later as part of my unpublished manuscript "In Mediocrity We Trust... In Debt We Die" And Other Essays.]
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