> I think you are taking the word "hate" out of the context intended by Mr. Berners-Lee.
Definitely not. I did say they more often than not, hatred is the driving factor for positive change. I did not say "always".
> He was talking about hateful in terms of something like Mien Kampf.
Clearly the actions of the Nazi party or by Hitler were awful. Don't forget that Hitler was only a man. He had a hatred of the status quo, just like many of us do. His hatred was misguided and his actions were immoral, but they weren't from his perspective.
> If a similar book with similar content was to be published today, I see no harm in suppressing it
That is where you and I disagree. The harm in suppressing any information is that we chill the distribution of all information.
> Would the world be a much worse place if the German authorities had censored Mien Kampf
That is very unlikely. Mien Kampf was just a book. It was not Hitler, it was not a member of the Nazi party.
I would argue that Germany would have been a worse place, sooner. Censorship chills speech, not hatred, not action. Hitler would still be free to spread his ideas, the Nazi party would still come to power, and they would still go on to burn Germany, books and people alike.
If you want to prevent action that is based on hateful ideas, do it through education. Don't stifle wonder by breaking the very way it is shared.
Definitely not. I did say they more often than not, hatred is the driving factor for positive change. I did not say "always".
> He was talking about hateful in terms of something like Mien Kampf.
Clearly the actions of the Nazi party or by Hitler were awful. Don't forget that Hitler was only a man. He had a hatred of the status quo, just like many of us do. His hatred was misguided and his actions were immoral, but they weren't from his perspective.
> If a similar book with similar content was to be published today, I see no harm in suppressing it
That is where you and I disagree. The harm in suppressing any information is that we chill the distribution of all information.
> Would the world be a much worse place if the German authorities had censored Mien Kampf
That is very unlikely. Mien Kampf was just a book. It was not Hitler, it was not a member of the Nazi party.
I would argue that Germany would have been a worse place, sooner. Censorship chills speech, not hatred, not action. Hitler would still be free to spread his ideas, the Nazi party would still come to power, and they would still go on to burn Germany, books and people alike.
If you want to prevent action that is based on hateful ideas, do it through education. Don't stifle wonder by breaking the very way it is shared.