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Originally Posted by Diuretic Should you mention Areopagitica? Perhaps even quote some of its salient parts such as where Milton says an untested virtue has no worth? I think that was one of his key points, "that which purifies us is trial" (that's from memory so it might be slightly inaccurate). He was arguing for testing of ideas, not suppression. And do you think he was right? Are his ideas still valid today or should the king/government have power over free speech? | Only if I can cut elsewhere. I'm limited to 2,000 words. I thought the vague reference to Milton's stand against censorship was enough. Looking back, there needs to be more detail. I'll have to edit in order to get it in.
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