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Sunday, June 15, 2008
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Kai Ekholm has written an excellent column on censorship in Finland. Politicians are trying to score easy points by favouring censorship, without understanding (or willing to understand) the big picture. Censorship destroys the society from within. And it makes those who favour it laughable in the long run. Here is a list of such populistic politicians: Marjo Matikainen, Tanja Karpela-Saarela, and Suvi Lindén. I wouldn't vote for them. And this has nothing to do with the political parties they represent. A futher comment: it is interesting the the three politicians above (and mentioned by Ekholm) are all women. I have voted for female politicians quite often, and only partly to even up the male-dominated political field. (There are excellent female politicians, much more competent than most of the men.) Perhaps a censorship-supporting role is easy to accept by some female politicians, because it is a natural reaction for those who find it difficult to have their voice heard by others. And when they find themselves in power, they try to suppress other voices. Well, this is just a theory.
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