Either the forbidden post is false, in which case it does not deserve protection because it’s false, or it’s true, in which case it should be censored because no informed person should want to see it. In either case, people spreading it are doing a bad thing.
There are clearly more than two options here. There seem to be two points under contention:
It is/is not (1/2) reasonable to agree with the forbidden post.
It is/is not (3/4) desirable to know the contents of the forbidden post.
You seem to be restricting us to either 2+3 or 1+4. It seems that 1+3 is plausible (should we keep children from ever knowing about death because it’ll upset them?), and 2+4 seems like a good argument for restriction of knowledge (the idea is costly until you work through it, and the benefits gained from reaching the other side are lower than the costs).
But I personally suspect 2+3 is the best description, and that doesn’t explain why people trying to spread it are doing a bad thing. Should we delete posts on Pascal’s Wager because someone might believe it?
There are clearly more than two options here. There seem to be two points under contention:
It is/is not (1/2) reasonable to agree with the forbidden post.
It is/is not (3/4) desirable to know the contents of the forbidden post.
You seem to be restricting us to either 2+3 or 1+4. It seems that 1+3 is plausible (should we keep children from ever knowing about death because it’ll upset them?), and 2+4 seems like a good argument for restriction of knowledge (the idea is costly until you work through it, and the benefits gained from reaching the other side are lower than the costs).
But I personally suspect 2+3 is the best description, and that doesn’t explain why people trying to spread it are doing a bad thing. Should we delete posts on Pascal’s Wager because someone might believe it?