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STTS Editorial
Copyright (c) 1993, Joe DeRouen
All rights reserved
Robert McKay's story THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE appears in this issue of
Sunlight Through The Shadows magazine. If I'd followed my first impulse,
it probably wouldn't have.
I won't spoil the story for you, but suffice it to say that it contains
a political message that I disagree with. The piece is well-written (as
his work usually is) and deserving of publication.
All of my life, I've fought censorship. When Playboy was banned from
7-11 in the eighties, I was among the first to cry out. When Tipper Gore
started the record labeling bit, I was against it.
Censorship is a scary thing, especially when you realize that you
yourself are just as capable of censoring as the next guy.
I'm no better than those people who banned the Playboy magazines from
7-11. I could be just like them, if I let myself. We all could.
We can't do that. When we feel ourselves starting to, we must reevaluate
the situation and decide if it's worth quelling someone else's voice in
order to appease our own sense of morals or sensibilities. Nine out of
ten times, it isn't.
That doesn't mean that STTS is going to become the Voice of the Banned,
or any such thing. For instance, you'll never find pornography or even
the proverbial "F word" within these electronic pages. We're trying to
reach the largest audience possible with STTS, and a lot of kids out
there are going to be reading the magazine. It won't appear within STTS,
but I'll fight for the rights of anyone else who chooses to carry it.
Robert McKay's THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE, however, will. I don't share his
political views (at least on this one point), but it's a damn fine story.
Quality and originality will win out every time, over censorship.
So what're you waiting for? Go read his story. <Grin>
Joe DeRouen, Aug. 23rd 1993