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Censorship versus Freedom in Urgent Evoke
censorship is the absolute enemy of freedom. censorship is a weapon used by corrupt governments, cowardly corporations and conservative extremists to SILENCE dissent, restrict INFORMATION and enforce their 'morals'. simply take a look at the extreme on-going cases of Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia and China. even in places with laws protecting FREE SPEECH, the battle is on-going.
the arguments for censorship consists of sheltering people and children from 'inappropriate' media. those are merely a skewed rationale. what is the TRUTH? censorship takes away the RIGHTS and RESPONSIBILITIES of citizens to CHOOSE what is suitable for themselves and their children. censorship is about CONTROL.
the worst is something i call 'pre-emptive tyrannical' censorship; where a special select few choose what is 'suitable' for public viewing. in addition, this type of censorship has NO transparency and NO formal process to appeal.
sound familiar? Urgent Evoke moderators have been engaging in opaque, arbitrary censorship from the very beginning. posts and comments disappear without warning. when they occasionally grace someone with a reason, those given are ill-defined, vacillating and personal. hardly the actions of an ETHICAL organization that claims a focus on freedom and social activism.
those of us that have thought on these issues know what the TRUTH is. Urgent Evoke is still trying to CONTROL every aspect of UE. they seek to constrain the public image of Urgent Evoke to their own vision. using their stealth censorship, they are trying to silence voices of dissent and any material that does not fit with their 'safe, happy family' version of UE.
the real world can be an ugly place, sickened with murder, hatred and greed. this is WHY we are social activists. censorship does not make the bad things go away..
here's a short list of organizations that regularly fight against censorship:
http://www.aclu.org/ - American Civil Liberties Union (USA)
http://www.amnesty.org/ - Amnesty International
http://ccrjustice.org/ - Center for Constitutional Rights (USA)
http://en.rsf.org/ - Reporters Without Borders
http://www.eff.org/ - Electronic Frontier Foundation
http://www.ncac.org/ - National Coalition Against Censorship (USA)
http://www.fair.org/index.php - Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting
http://www.indexoncensorship.org/ - Index on Censorship (UK)
http://www.chillingeffects.org/ - Chilling Effects Clearinghouse
http://www.thefirstamendment.org/ - The First Amendment Project (USA)
addendum - @Michele Baron has summed up everything i have been trying to say better than i could.
remember, seek the TRUTH.
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Comment by Mita Williams on April 24, 2010 at 3:13pm
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I understand that it will be difficult for other players to determine whether the action I took was appropriate as they can't see the images.
So I'll give an example. A couple of the images were that of "inspirational posters" that features a sniper. In the context of this game in which we are encouraging agents to help in efforts to reduce conflict and the damage caused by conflict, these images were not appropriate to the context of the game and they didn't support any 'evidence' for missions. Sarah was told of this and sent an agreeable email agreeing with this rationale.
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Comment by A.V.Koshy on April 24, 2010 at 3:14pm
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http://www.urgentevoke.com/profiles/blogs/sarah-oconnor-was-suspended
please come here and see the pics that were deleted and why sarah was suspended and then continue the conversation as to whether they were worth censoring or not at all, all of you
i have put a link to the pictures
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Comment by Turil Cronburg on April 24, 2010 at 3:18pm
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Mita, what about using my approach, rather than the not-healthy approach of outright censorship? What about creating at least one space in the game that welcomes diversity, and that is open to all, rather than just to those who you personally approve of. Something like the government of a city designating a "graffiti wall" for the rebellious youth of the area to say whatever they want to say... You could put a disclaimer on the area about individuals being responsible for their own inner moderation, and warning people that the content may be very challenging to some people's ideas of what is appropriate information.
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Comment by Paul Gibbins on April 24, 2010 at 3:20pm
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I understand that snipers represent the concept of Damage Reduction in certain type of conflict resolution, they are used when there is a hostage crisis, taking out only what's needed,
if we are to have an finer interpretation of images as art maybe I would agree with such an image
being relevant to the conversation.
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Comment by darklogos on April 24, 2010 at 3:29pm
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I'm arguing against his philosphical premise that is all. Restraint isn't a bad word people make it out to be. As for evoke limiting content, there site there rules. If the issue is kids seeing comments then so be it. If the site is designed for tweens and teens to learn from, so be it. Then site should have been targeted as such and focused on them. A separate game should have been created for adults. Thus solving the problem. Narrowing scope is sometimes better then trying the shotgun approach.
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@Turil - Thanks for the suggestion. Ideas from the community about improving Evoke and helping it in its evolution are always appreciated.
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dark look at my post and the pics and tell me if theyre pg13
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Those pictures are so PG13 that I'm very very concerned here,
I can also see how the woman with the rifle is a graphical depiction
of the concept of "Women Empowerment" which is a mission,
how about the kid with the Argentinean flag painted on his face?
Are we insane here?, what is wrong with a kid with his face painted?
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All I saw was the sniper pictures on the other site. I didn't see the pictures in question. could you pm the link so you don't get in trouble.
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nevermind overlooked the pictures at the top. the underwear one is a small problem. The jihad barbie is an ideological problem issue. The first one is fine. I think if she just stuck with the first one none of this would have went down.
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