The term censorship (censor) comes from ancient Rome. A censor was a magistrate who was responsible for maintaining the census (counting population), supervising public morality, and overseeing aspects of government finance. His power was absolute: no magistrate could oppose his decisions, and only another censor who succeeded him could cancel those decisions. This regulation of public morality is the origin of our modern understanding of the definition of censorship. Public morality is the moral and ethical fibre developed and enforced in society by statutory, legal, and social acceptability, and applied to public life and conduct in public places, among others. Censorship can be justified above freedom of speech in certain cases. Relevant issues include public alcohol use and drug abuse, abortion, "grooming" children for prostitution, political corruption, damage to someone’s reputation caused by lies and broken promises to the public by those in charge, terrorism, and more. There are other aspects of morality and ethical behaviour, and censorship of facts is as despicable as anything that humanity has ever had to deal with. Recent censoring of the views of scientists, doctors, and medical professionals reached a new low point. At the start of and during the covid pandemic, dedicated groups of individuals and organizations have tried to hide the truth and attempted to profit financially, and otherwise from human suffering and death. They destroyed the inalienable human rights of medical INFORMED CONSENT & FIRST, DO NO HARM.
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