As if we really needed more laughs, it would appear that the fad to censor everything has spread beyond Mr. Armey’s army of tea-baggers and his ex-Republican comrades in elected offices.
But first, a quick neo-historical refresher is in order.
In the beginning,
Google saved 1.2 billion Chinese from the opiated dens of Wi-Fi’d Democracy by blacking out pretty much everything that entered Chinese disc space.
Now comes word that Facebook is censoring the image of marijuana leaves.
No – this one’s not from the annals of The Onion, but rather, the anal cavity of the LA Times...
http://www.latimes.com/...
Apparently, just staring at a drawing of a hemp leaf in a horticulture publication could be hazardous enough to cause blindness, prostitution,insanity and ultimately, death.
If Facebook knows something we don't know, it's possible that drawings of such plants may have led to the suicide of Meriwether Lewis - and Luther Burbank’s gastrointestinal disorders were no doubt related to sketching his own fire poppies.
So some good person (or AI) at Facebook is trying his/her/its darndest to protect the general public, and who will save us if Facebook doesn’t take the lead?
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So please support Facebook’s censorhip effort(s) by sending them a friendly email strongly suggesting they GFT and the collective brain-eating horse they’re high on (or words to that effect).
http://www.facebook.com/...
While this most recent example of mindless censorship may frighten some of us to death, let me remind everyone that there has been no attempt on Facebook’s part to censor images of tobacco leaves (which when inhaled, really do nasty things to folks) or prevent the ever-popular “Kill Obama” sites from flourishing. The latter will continue to stay up long enough to bring distant and disparate hate groups together, as is any social network’s higher purpose and duty.
In other words (as of this writing), America is still America.
The other good news?
With the impending doom of Net Neutrality, Facebook page-holders will be able to see, say and share the usual nothing quicker than ever. All this to the good, while drawings of Cannabis specimens and other dangerous sketches (Tina Fey impersonating Palin?) will take so long to download, no one will bother.
Danger over – mankind saved – Glory Gee to Beezus!
While we await the return of said Beezus (and the end of all favorable zoning laws to Muslims), one word of advice:
Just like taking the “wrong” book out of the public library these days, don’t attempt to download any drawings from Basilius Besler's complete Book of Plants,
unless you want the FBI at your front door.
Censorship and tyranny flourish in the lack of sunlight, and Facebook has placed its brains where the sun never shines.