I asked innocently what she meant. Again, she nodded, now a bit in shock at the attention this conversation was getting and looking like she dearly wished someone would change the subject. George Carlin would have been proud of me. A mild form of censorship, parental guidance has long been the most accepted form as well. No, it is not a principle.
Censorship is merely, in most cases, stupid.
It is still one of my favorites and I strongly recommend that you read it if you haven't. Meanwhile, in the present, I was recently asked for reprint rights to one of my columns, The President's Private Parts . The editor of the requesting publication objected to this phrase and asked if I would be upset if he altered it. Given that my columns often contain expletives and crudities, many, to my mind, much grosser than this one, I was puzzled as to exactly what line I had crossed. Who can say.