Comments on: RE: On Board the Censor Ship http://jadeite.ketsugi.com/2008/10/11/re-on-board-the-censor-ship/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:01:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: matt http://jadeite.ketsugi.com/2008/10/11/re-on-board-the-censor-ship/comment-page-1/#comment-116193 matt Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:22:54 +0000 http://jadeite.ketsugi.com/?p=2584#comment-116193 good reads. but im no arts/communications student nor a journalist so i may not fully appreciate how substantial this whole issue on censorship may be. my opinion would be that to those who are capable (or deem themselves to be) of objective analysis of information, the current amount of censorship is too much. If the majority of the population is capable of that then i would agree that there is too much censorship. My question is how many people are actually capable of being objective? And how many people can actually be bothered to find out more? i suppose in the arts faculty, there would be more people with the capacity for such thinking. more so in a journalism course. But what about the other faculties? and those who do not enter such instituitions? i quote the article in the original post. "Literature student Elaine Lee, 20, felt that the censorship questions the student’s analytical ability." Contrasted with this "He also recalled how some students whom he spoke to did not know who Dr Chee". Was this a case of ignorance due to excessive censorship? Or was it ignorance due to choice? That there are people who just cant be bothered. I have encountered people who couldn't care to read the newspapers (im partially guilty of that as well). And these same people would readily vote for whatever choice there is besides PAP just for the sake of doing so. im no zealous supporter of PAP. what scares me is the lack of consideration behind the decision. but the truth is, there are such people around. perhaps even a majority. Currently, im more inclined to believe that in general, humans consume whatever information that is convenient to them then perhaps act rashly based on that information. I'm all for less censorship as long as the good majority of the population are capable and willing to handle the information in an intelligent manner, snd not act in unthinking rebellion. but that's not something we can gauge can we? I hope i didnt sound too cynical. i really dont mean to. i would like to add that this is merely my personal opinion. Perhaps naive and uninformed. Childish even (do enlighten me if so). The topic piqued my interests and i felt inclined to throw my opinion out there for healthy discussions sake. good reads. but im no arts/communications student nor a journalist so i may not fully appreciate how substantial this whole issue on censorship may be.

my opinion would be that to those who are capable (or deem themselves to be) of objective analysis of information, the current amount of censorship is too much. If the majority of the population is capable of that then i would agree that there is too much censorship. My question is how many people are actually capable of being objective? And how many people can actually be bothered to find out more?
i suppose in the arts faculty, there would be more people with the capacity for such thinking. more so in a journalism course. But what about the other faculties? and those who do not enter such instituitions? i quote the article in the original post. “Literature student Elaine Lee, 20, felt that the censorship questions the student’s analytical ability.” Contrasted with this “He also recalled how some students whom he spoke to did not know who Dr Chee”. Was this a case of ignorance due to excessive censorship? Or was it ignorance due to choice? That there are people who just cant be bothered. I have encountered people who couldn’t care to read the newspapers (im partially guilty of that as well). And these same people would readily vote for whatever choice there is besides PAP just for the sake of doing so. im no zealous supporter of PAP. what scares me is the lack of consideration behind the decision. but the truth is, there are such people around. perhaps even a majority. Currently, im more inclined to believe that in general, humans consume whatever information that is convenient to them then perhaps act rashly based on that information. I’m all for less censorship as long as the good majority of the population are capable and willing to handle the information in an intelligent manner, snd not act in unthinking rebellion. but that’s not something we can gauge can we?

I hope i didnt sound too cynical. i really dont mean to. i would like to add that this is merely my personal opinion. Perhaps naive and uninformed. Childish even (do enlighten me if so). The topic piqued my interests and i felt inclined to throw my opinion out there for healthy discussions sake.

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