Censorship and Civil Society

Gord Sellar has an excellent letter about censorship in the Korea Times today. Responding to a teacher calling for more internet restrictions last week, he writes:

When people begin speaking about the need to "filter out" what they deem "harmful" information or "junk," one wonders what else is being filtered out, and what kind of harm they are seeking to "protect" citizens from. Are the citizens all mere children? Are they unable to think about the information they access, or make responsible decisions?

Quite. Do read the whole letter.