# censorship

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/censorship/155328>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [February 15, 2003, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/censorship/155328 "2003-02-15T23:41:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![zipper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/5f8ce5/32.png) [@zipper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zipper)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/censorship/155328/1 "2003-02-15T23:41:51Z")

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I just read an article in USA TODAY “Medical journals cutting details that might help terrorists” Is this the beginning of censorship?

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**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/censorship/155328/2 "2003-02-16T03:10:42Z")

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It sounds like voluntary self-censorship. Nothing wrong with that, eh?

Trinopus