the government gives you the right to speak freely.

the government gives you the right to speak freely.

??? What kind of crap is that? No government ever gave anybody the right to speak freely. Some governments try to take that right away - it's the kind of thing governments do. And so do all kinds of other people and organisations.

Of course telling a singer they can't sing a particular song is censorship. If someone wants to defend it they've got to defend it as an example of justifiable censorship, rather than shy off from using the word.

Woody Guthrie was another singer who didn't like being told to submit song lists, and get them censored. No self-respecting singer would put up with that, without feeling disgusted with themselves, if they felt they had to go along with it. (And accepting that sometimes people do have to do things that make them feel disgusted with themselves.)

(And since we have had several naked GUESTs on this thread, and they don't seem to like each other, it's be a lot simpler and politer if they stuck a number after the GUEST, just for this thread. As it is I've skipped most of what they said, because it was getting confusing sorting them out. But lets not have an argument about that in here.)