Relevant xkcd to the FPH banning

You don't have to bold again, I know you never denied that. Our conversation at the point had boiled down to you saying, "I don't agree with this policy," and me saying "Yeah, but you can't stop it." I knowwwwwww that you didn't say that we could. I know that. And yes it did address what you said because I was responding directly to the point you made. Again, "I don't agree with this," followed by "Yeah but you can't stop it." If you don't see how that's addressing what you said then I don't think I can help you.

You are now arguing about the semantics of using the word "superficial" and failing to understand what I was saying.

I didn't say "any amount". I said "an amount" (i.e. "some amount").

Okay, but I'm not talking about "amounts of information" at all, literally at all. That's why I said

I am not saying any "amount of information" is "superficial." I am saying that the way in which it is limited is "superficial,"

The way I meant "superficial" isn't really an opinion. Maybe you don't like that word choice. Okay find, I won't use it. What I meant was just that the information is only limited in one local context as opposed to being banned the whole world over.

The fact remains that an amount of information is being limited by one of the choices and not the other, exactly like I said.

Yes, I know, and I agree that in one of those situations, you would not be able to find a certain book in Bookstore A. However, my point is that that option is within Bookstore A's rights in both speech and property (gasp) and that if you really believe in free speech, you would see that Bookstore A is really operating in the sense of free speech.

If I asked you what books on politics you would recommend, and you said three republican book titles, you would be exercising your freedom of speech. Nobody would say that you are limiting speech or censoring by failing to also give me three democratic titles. This is what I mean by the bookstore being within the ideals of freedom of speech. Them having some books and not others is itself freedom of speech, and it is not censorship, because the books aren't completely banned the whole world over. A Christian bookstore won't carry "Mein Kampf" which is within their free speech ideals, but you can still buy "Mein Kampf" elsewhere.

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