User: CedarHaven

Re:I have a much more ambitious vision

On: The Continued Censorship of Huckleberry Finn

Where ignorance is bliss, wisdom is folly.

I only wish you could live in that imaginary land you describe, it sounds like you are already pretty close and you can keep the same mailbox.

Seriously though, the reality is conflicts are what force us to deal with differences and develop our social and interpersonal skills. Hellen Keller phrased it "Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved." As long as there are people in it any world you try to dream up will have conflicts and choices. It seems that only when people are raised in an environment of relative stability and isolation provided by the society that you are complaining about, are they able to formulate the fantasy of a utopian paradise. Simplicity only works in the sandbox afforded by the efforts of previous generations and padding the walls only reduces your options and scope.
If you censor anything, so can anybody else and there is no guarantee of benevolence.
Please forgive my rant.

The unexamined life isn’t worth living.