A popular Vancouver newspaper is censoring readers of their online news stories about cannabis:
The Georgia Straight is a free local newspaper that has been in print for decades. Until now, their regular cannabis content (news, activism, medical research, etc) was available online to all readers.
But with the sudden recent magnification of censorship all around the internet, they now require 18+ age verification.
I want to know why anyone thinks this is a good idea. Ignorance is already the problem... why make ourselves even more ignorant, by ensuring the youth can't learn about cannabis?
Also, how is the newspaper going to age-verify readers of their physical in-print copies?
OH NO! Children are learning about CANNABIS!!
Stop censoring information, it's out of control! We're normalizing censorship - normalizing ignorance!
Censorship is vile because it is the direct enemy of truth and consciousness!
You either believe in free speech, or you're for censorship. This isn't one of those gray area issues.
DRutter