What is the difference, then? Google defines "censor" as "examine (a book, movie, etc.) officially and suppress unacceptable parts of it." I suppose you could technically say it would be censoring to remove the entire book but that seems clearly outside the spirit of the term. Yet you appear to use "ban" and "censor" interchangeably in your post.
While I very much agree with your point (I had one of those Race, Class, and Gender teachers, too. He spent 90% of the class telling us how horrible and evil the white man is), I think the usefulness in keeping these books around is to remind us what happens when society condones racism systemically.
While I wouldn't support book banning per se, I can sympathize why somebody might want to ban "The Color Purple." I read it for a lit course and the entire first half of the book is about a woman being beaten and raped repeatedly.
In case I was unclear, I'm not proposing punishing him for something he's talking about doing. I mean, obviously he's violated some agreement or law somewhere, but...who hasn't, after all?
I'm pretty sure Ubuntu (and derivatives) have add the "auto detect plugged USB, put icon on desktop, double-click to mount" practically since I started futzing with it back in 2007...and if you're going to say "Year of the Linux Desktop," you pretty much mean Ubuntu.
QED.
And even Windows machines don't generally have floppy drives anymore, right?
I'm sorry, but "just double-clicking the.exe" on 10-year-old Windows programs and having them work is pure and utter bullshit. Assuming that this sliding window you speak of is 2003 -> 2013, gee, that's because there's only been ONE OR TWO MAJOR REVISIONS IN THAT TIME. Lots of stuff in a slightly older window need compatibility mode at the bare minimum. And you can't even run 16-bit Windows executables on 64-bit at all from what I've heard.
It obviously wasn't outdated when they started. Just because we CAN do old stuff that works with newer, shinier methodologies does not mean we necessarily SHOULD.
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What is the difference, then? Google defines "censor" as "examine (a book, movie, etc.) officially and suppress unacceptable parts of it." I suppose you could technically say it would be censoring to remove the entire book but that seems clearly outside the spirit of the term. Yet you appear to use "ban" and "censor" interchangeably in your post.
So delivering snappy, dismissive one-liners makes you so much better?
Unfortunately sometimes without legislating equality, a lot of people will never do it.
While I very much agree with your point (I had one of those Race, Class, and Gender teachers, too. He spent 90% of the class telling us how horrible and evil the white man is), I think the usefulness in keeping these books around is to remind us what happens when society condones racism systemically.
While I wouldn't support book banning per se, I can sympathize why somebody might want to ban "The Color Purple." I read it for a lit course and the entire first half of the book is about a woman being beaten and raped repeatedly.
In case I was unclear, I'm not proposing punishing him for something he's talking about doing. I mean, obviously he's violated some agreement or law somewhere, but...who hasn't, after all?
In the same way that I don't blame Assange for not coming out "to face the rape charges." Agreed on both counts.
Yes, which is a good thing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kellogg%E2%80%93Briand_Pact
Don't you just love it how if enough people misuse a term long enough, that use gets added to the dictionary?
Uggh.
Sometimes I think trying to be a naive idealist is the only way to retain my sanity.
...meaning he hasn't committed treason yet.
I'm pretty sure Ubuntu (and derivatives) have add the "auto detect plugged USB, put icon on desktop, double-click to mount" practically since I started futzing with it back in 2007...and if you're going to say "Year of the Linux Desktop," you pretty much mean Ubuntu.
QED.
And even Windows machines don't generally have floppy drives anymore, right?
Yeah, but you don't have to give it up to the first male USB connector that comes by.
If we used that word any less than 4 times in the 6-sentence summary, people might forget who we're talking about!
We move back and fourth
Heh. Back and forth, and back and fourth...I approve of your likely accidental cyclical wordplay :)
"Mac OS X: Now The 'X' Doesn't Just Stand For 'Ten'" :)
I'm sorry, but "just double-clicking the .exe" on 10-year-old Windows programs and having them work is pure and utter bullshit. Assuming that this sliding window you speak of is 2003 -> 2013, gee, that's because there's only been ONE OR TWO MAJOR REVISIONS IN THAT TIME. Lots of stuff in a slightly older window need compatibility mode at the bare minimum. And you can't even run 16-bit Windows executables on 64-bit at all from what I've heard.
It obviously wasn't outdated when they started. Just because we CAN do old stuff that works with newer, shinier methodologies does not mean we necessarily SHOULD.
Way to cavalierly dismiss so much work by so many people over so many years. I'll say it again:
Show us that you can do better, or shut the fuck up.
If you read the article, you'd know IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE GENERIC.
This sounded like an interesting enough story that I actually read the article out of curiosity, and apparently you at least looked at a picture.
Profiteering from art dedicated to astronauts who died in the pursuit of science seems particularly tasteless.
To be fair, what percentage of land did the aggregate Native Americans consider sacred, anyway?
We're apparently surfing the fine line between "blaming the victim" and "professional incompetency."
Pot: kettle.