Why is it necessary to create policies to inflict your views/beliefs on others?

Question

The idea of banning a book, or a C.D. to protect your children from an idea you don't like, for example.

Answer 1

liberals.

Answer 2

No book is banned in the US, might be restricted, but not banned.

In China, however, lots of things are banned, including FULL access to the internet.

In Islam, things are banned. Right now in Iran they are purging the Universities of Liberal Professors. This is a Fact, the Ayotollah has called for it and their President is behind it!

I don't know what to tell you, but American created it's policies to keep from banning things alltogether.

What you're saying is it's wrong to export this concept to other countries like Iraq, Iran, China, etc.

It may take a while, but even the U.S. eventually stopped the ban on adult pornography and one person named Hugh Hefner was a major cause of that to happen. And he was arrested a few times for doing it.

In the average American library you will find the Bible, Koran, Das Capital, Communist Manifesto, Quote of Mao, Gita, Mein Kampf, the Weath of Nations, Origin of the Species, the published works of Jerry Fallwell, Pat Robertson all in roughtly the same section. Everyone is free to read them.

America. The country that gave the world CABLE TV with HBO and the Playboy Channel and the Disney Channel, XM and Sirus Radio and the uncensored Stern Show and Rap Music you won't hear on any FM station!

Let's repeat your question here:

Why is it necessary to create policies to inflict your views/beliefs on others?

To INFLICT is a key word.

It is necessary for the advancement of FREE thinking to inflict U.S. Constitutional views that nothing should be banned or censored anywhere in the world. That everyone should have a free press, the freedom to express themselves, to say what they want, to practise what they want, to demonstrate without being thrown into a Bejing prison.

That is my answer.

Answer 3

It is not necessary. People are afraid of ideas different than their own. Two books banned for a long time in some areas and may still be banned in some schools are Mark Twain's classic Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. They were banned because of the slavery issue and the use of certain words and ideas which is now offensive to some. .

I hear that some schools have or are trying to ban Harry Potter books because parents are afraid their kids will be exposed to magic and sorcery.

People who do this believe their view is right and just and it is absolutely necessary to force their righteous view on others because it is the only valid view. In their own eyes of course.

Answer 4

Well, first off, all policies are instigated by someone, somewhere having a view or belief about the particular policy in question.

That is why and how all policies come about. Some we agree with, some we do not agree with, and still some more we are left wondering why it had to be made a policy at all.

So, the system stays in place and while we will never agree with all of it, having none of it would unfortunately be worse.

There will always be someone somewhere who will find a line and decide to cross it, creating conflict and therefore more policies and more policies.

Answer 5

Some people aren't happy until everyone agrees with them. Some people in this country and others want to write their religion into law. They usually say that their religion is "under attack" by secularism or being denied full practice because of policies meant to ensure the Separation of Church and State.

A zealot doesn't just believe he's right. He KNOWS he's right. Not one tiny shred of doubt or self-examination. This is what allows them to force their views onto others. Abosolute certainty is a very scary thing.

Answer 6

As long as you can get a copy of the book or CD, the act of banning the book or CD may actually benefit you. It would send you and your child a loud and clear message that people are hypersensitive about the subject matter of the book or CD. You would then stand on notice to be very careful whenever you discuss the subject matter in public.

Answer 7

I am an American of the highest order. I believe is the right guaranteed to us in the Bill of Rights. I don't believe that children have these right until they come of age. Until that time they are under the guidance and protection of their parents. If they decide that certain ideas, concepts, and practices are not for the minors under their control, they are free to restrict the young person's access... Jim

Answer 8

For those dealing with corporate culture, many companies need a set standard across the board for its employees, so that they are consistant with what the original brand creators wanted.

It really is your choice of whether or not to succumb and follow the policies or not.

Answer 9

It's not. There are loads of different ways of inflicting your views/beliefs on other people.

A "policy" is one of the most limp-wristed ways of doing it; used commonly by politically correct people with no courage.

Answer 10

Some things, like child porn, just need to be banned. Politics, religion and spirituality have nothing to do with the justification for bannning child porn. It's just plain wrong.

Answer 11

I don't feel so. If you do not want your children to read a certain book or see a certain movie then be the parent and prevent it. That is what I do and believe.