Banned Books Sum-Up

"They can write what they like!"

-Dowager Queen from The Slipper and the Rose

To which I add:

"So long as you don't force me to read it,

I won't force you not to read it."

That's a simplistic way of putting it, but it does sum up quite a bit. We have the freedom to choose what we write. We also have the freedom to choose what we read. If I personally find offensive

• a book
• an article and/or magazine
• a blog
• a Facebook page
• a Twitter tweet
• a YouTube video
• a movie
• a podcast

or anything else, I will choose for myself whether or not to continue subjecting myself to it or simply to stop. I may let others know my opinion, but I would certainly never take away their choice to view or read. Neither should anyone else.

(For parenting matters, that is a slightly different case and I would highly recommend the counsel given in Elder Dallin H. Oaks' talk from yesterday's afternoon Conference session.)