It sidetracks them form the battles for more funding and equal access. My Position Against Censorship When bound to the domain of academia, there are good arguments both for and against censorship. It is not unreasonable to suppose that published hate and mediations of violence including violent sex can be offensive to most Canadians and may even encourage violence against some of us. If we decide to have censorship, however, we both compromise our freedom of speech and are left with the chore of deciding where to draw the illusive and unstable line between what should be censored and what should not. The entire academic debate is just that - academic.
Censorship can therefore never help reduce oppression and domination, it can only add to it.
Censorship is bound in any real form to be hypocritical and an inherent conflict of interest for those who hold power. The problem as I see it is not that there is too much information. There is not enough.