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I Want to Bore You to Death | 43 comments (43 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: I Want to Bore You to Death (4.00 / 4)

I was wondering, do you see a difference between your "internal editor" and "self-censorship?"

I have been pondering the concept of "freedom of speech."

Those who dance are considered insane by those who can't hear the music. (George Carlin)

by tampopo on Sat Jun 10th, 2006 at 11:30:02 AM EST
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Re: I Want to Bore You to Death (4.00 / 4)

I'm thinking. Check back later. :)

Do you? (I'm not going to read what you write about it until I figure out what I think.)

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by kansas on Sat Jun 10th, 2006 at 11:46:00 AM EST
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Re: I Want to Bore You to Death (4.00 / 4)

I asked you first! ;)

I don't know. I will have to think about it too.

Those who dance are considered insane by those who can't hear the music. (George Carlin)

by tampopo on Sat Jun 10th, 2006 at 11:50:50 AM EST
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Re: I Want to Bore You to Death (4.00 / 3)

Kansas, I am responding here so the sequence of my comments is in order.

The distinction is still somewhat fuzzy, but I do see a difference. "Editing" I think of as part of the process of saying what I want to say with the goal of being understood. I don't question what I want to communicate, but rather how I want to say it.

"Censoring" is more about analyzing what I want to say and questioning the value of saying it. Intention and potential consequences are two criteria for examining value, at least they are the ones that come to mind at the moment.

Those who dance are considered insane by those who can't hear the music. (George Carlin)

by tampopo on Sat Jun 10th, 2006 at 12:43:02 PM EST
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Re: I Want to Bore You to Death (4.00 / 2)

Done through thinkin'. Wish I had more to show for it!

All I can come up with is how those words/phrases feel in my body when I think them.

For self-censorship, I get a feeling of fear, which I take to suggest that I self-censor if I'm afraid of saying something out loud, or writing it, that seems true to me.

For self-editing, there's only a neutral or positive feeling, like how I feel when I'm going back over a rough draft and making it read better.

Now I'll go back and see if any of this relates at all to what you guys have said about it.

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by kansas on Sat Jun 10th, 2006 at 02:47:31 PM EST
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Re: I Want to Bore You to Death (4.00 / 2)

I find it fascinating how personal definitions are. Thanks for taking the time to think on this and respond.

I wonder if some of the discussions here at BT that have gotten so heated may have done so, in part, because the words chosen which we think are commonly understood, have such personal definitions.

Those who dance are considered insane by those who can't hear the music. (George Carlin)

by tampopo on Sat Jun 10th, 2006 at 04:05:46 PM EST
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Re: I Want to Bore You to Death (4.00 / 2)

It was interesting to think about. Thanks, tampoco.

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by kansas on Sat Jun 10th, 2006 at 06:36:14 PM EST
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I Want to Bore You to Death | 43 comments (43 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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