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Comment author: Sarunas 17 September 2014 01:06:22PM *  1 point [-]

Censoring substantial references to the basilisk was partly done in the name of protecting the people affected. This requires that there be a significant number of people, not just that there be the normal number of people who can be affected by any unusual idea.

Curiously, it is not necessary. For example, it would suffice that people who do the censoring overestimate the number of people that might need protection. Or consider PR explanation that I gave in another comment which similarly does not require a large number of people affected. Some other parts of your comment are also addressed there.

Comment author: Jiro 17 September 2014 02:24:40PM *  1 point [-]

It is certainly possible that few people were affected by the Basilisk, and the people who do the censoring either overestimate the number or are just using it as an excuse. But this reflects badly on LW all by itself, and also amounts to "you cannot trust the people who do the censoring", a position which is at least as unpopular as my initial one.

Comment author: Sarunas 17 September 2014 08:24:55PM *  2 points [-]

I would guess that the dislike of censorship is not an unpopular position, whatever its motivations.

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